Table : APPENDIX J SOME USEFUL PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

Speed of light:

c = 2.998 × 108 m/s

Gravitational constant:

G = 6.668 × 10−11 N m2 kg−2

Planck constant:

h = 6.626 × 10−34 J s

   = 4.136 × 10−15 eV s

Boltzmann constant:

k = 1.380 × 10−23 J K−1

   = 8.617 × 10−5 eV K−1

Stefan–Boltzmann constant:

σ = 5.670 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4

Mass of electron:

me = 9.109 × 10−31 kg

Mass of 1 H atom:

mH = 1.673 × 10−27 kg