Appendix C Useful Information
This appendix is broken into several tables.
- Table 3, Important Constants
- Table 4, Submicroscopic Masses
- Table 5, Solar System Data
- Table 6, Metric Prefixes for Powers of Ten and Their Symbols
- Table 7, The Greek Alphabet
- Table 8, SI units
- Table 9, Selected British Units
- Table 10, Other Units
- Table 11, Useful Formulae
Table 3. Important Constants1
Symbol | Meaning | Best Value | Approximate Value |
---|---|---|---|
Speed of light in vacuum | |||
Gravitational constant | |||
Avogadro’s number | |||
Boltzmann’s constant | |||
Gas constant | |||
Stefan-Boltzmann constant | |||
Coulomb force constant | |||
Charge on electron | |||
Permittivity of free space | |||
Permeability of free space | |||
Planck’s constant |
Symbol | Meaning | Best Value | Approximate Value |
---|---|---|---|
Electron mass | |||
Proton mass | |||
Neutron mass | |||
Atomic mass unit | |||
Table 4. Submicroscopic Masses2 |
Sun | mass | |
average radius | ||
Earth-sun distance (average) | ||
Earth | mass | |
average radius | ||
orbital period | ||
Moon | mass | |
average radius | ||
orbital period (average) | ||
Earth-moon distance (average) | ||
Table 5. Solar System Data |
Prefix | Symbol | Value | Prefix | Symbol | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
tera | T | deci | d | ||
giga | G | centi | c | ||
mega | M | milli | m | ||
kilo | k | micro | |||
hecto | h | nano | n | ||
deka | da | pico | p | ||
— | — | femto | f | ||
Table 6. Metric Prefixes for Powers of Ten and Their Symbols |
Alpha | A | Eta | Η | Nu | Ν | Tau | Τ | ||||
Beta | Β | Theta | Θ | Xi | Ξ | Upsilon | Υ | ||||
Gamma | Γ | Iota | Ι | Omicron | Ο | Phi | Φ | ||||
Delta | Δ | Kappa | Κ | Pi | Π | Chi | Χ | ||||
Epsilon | Ε | Lambda | Λ | Rho | Ρ | Psi | Ψ | ||||
Zeta | Ζ | Mu | Μ | Sigma | Σ | Omega | Ω | ||||
Table 7. The Greek Alphabet |
Entity | Abbreviation | Name | |
---|---|---|---|
Fundamental units | Length | meter | |
Mass | kilogram | ||
Time | second | ||
Current | ampere | ||
Supplementary unit | Angle | radian | |
Derived units | Force | newton | |
Energy | joule | ||
Power | watt | ||
Pressure | pascal | ||
Frequency | hertz | ||
Electronic potential | volt | ||
Capacitance | farad | ||
Charge | coulomb | ||
Resistance | ohm | ||
Magnetic field | tesla | ||
Nuclear decay rate | becquerel | ||
Table 8. SI Units |
Length | |
Force | |
Energy | |
Power | |
Pressure | |
Table 9. Selected British Units |
Length | |
Area | |
Volume | |
Mass | |
Time | |
Speed | |
Angle | |
‘ | |
Energy | |
Pressure | |
Nuclear decay rate | |
Table 9. Other Units |
Table 10. Useful Formulae |
Footnotes
- 1 Stated values are according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty, www.physics.nist.gov/cuu (accessed May 18, 2012). Values in parentheses are the uncertainties in the last digits. Numbers without uncertainties are exact as defined.
- 2 Stated values are according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty, www.physics.nist.gov/cuu (accessed May 18, 2012). Values in parentheses are the uncertainties in the last digits. Numbers without uncertainties are exact as defined.