Physics Table of Constants

The Greek Alphabet

GREEK NAME

CAPITAL

LOW-CASE

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Delta

Epsilon

Zeta

Eta

Theta

Iota

Kappa

Lambda

Mu

Nu

Xi

Omicron

Pi

Rho

Sigma

Tau

Upsilon

Phi

Chi

Psi

Omega

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S.I. Prefixes
PREFIX

SYMBOL

VALUE

EXPANDED VALUE

ENGLISH NAME

yotta

1024

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

zetta

1021

exa

1018

peta

1015

tera

1012

giga

109

1 000 000 000 U.S. billion

mega

106

1 000 000 million

kilo

103

1 000 thousand

hecto

102

100 hundred

deca

da

101

10 ten

100

1 one
0.1 tenth

U.S. septillion;
U.K. quadrillion

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 U.S. sextillion

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 U.S. quintillion; U.K. trillion
1 000 000 000 000 000 U.S. quadrillion
1 000 000 000 000 U.S. trillion; U.K. billion

deci

10-1

centi

10-2

0.01 hundredth

milli

10-3

0.001 thousandth

micro

10-6

0.000 001 millionth

nano

10-9

0.000 000 001 U.S. billionth

pico

10-12

femto

10-15

atto

10-18

zepto

10-21

0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001 U.S. sextillionth

yocto

10-24

0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 U.S. septillionth

0.000 000 000 001 U.S. trillionth; U.K. billionth

0.000 000 000 000 001 U.S. quadrillionth
0.000 000 000 000 000 001

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U.S. quintillionth; U.K.

trillionth

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S.I. Base Units

QUANTITY

UNIT

SYMBOL

Length

metre

Mass

kilogram

kg

Time

second

Electric Current

ampere

kelvin

mole
candela

mol
cd

Temperature
Amount Of Substance
Luminous Intensity

Some S.I. Derived Units

QUANTITY

UNIT

SYMBOL

Frequency

hertz

Hz

1/s

s-1

Energy

joule

Nm

kgm2/s2

Force

newton

kgm/s2

kgm/s2

Pressure

pascal

Pa

N/m2

kg/(ms2)

watt

J/s

kgm2/s3

coulomb

As

As

Electric Resistance

ohm

V/A

kgm2/(s3A2)

Electric Voltage

volt

W/A

kgm2/(As3)

Capacitance

farad

As/V

A2s4/ (kgm2)

Inductance

henry

Vs/A

kgm2/(s2A2)

Magnetic Field

tesla

Wb/m2

kg/(As2)

Power
Electric Charge

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BASE UNITS

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S.I. Units of Some Other Physical

Quantities
QUANTITY

UNITS

Speed

m/s

Acceleration

m/s2

Angular Speed

rad/s

Angular Acceleration

rad/s2

Torque

kgm2/s2 or mN

Entropy

J/K or kgm2/(ks2) or Nm/K

Thermal Conductivity

W/(mK)

Electric Field

N/C or V/m

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Metric Conversion Tables*

The following tables list the conversion factors between commonly used units.
Look down the left hand column to find the units you are converting from, and
then work across the table to your right to find the units that you are
converting to.
x means multiply by the conversion factor.
/ means divide by the conversion factor.

Length, Distance
To:
mm

cm

in

ft

yd

/ 10

/ 1000

/ 25.4

/ 304.8

/ 914.4

/ 100

/ 2.54

/ 30.48

/ 91.44

x 39.3701

x 3.28084

x 1.09361

/ 12

/ 36

From:
mm
cm

x 10

x 1000

x 100

in

x 25.4

x 2.54

/ 39.3701

ft

x 304.8

x 30.48

/ 3.28084

x 12

yd

x 914.4

x 91.44

/ 1.09361

x 36

To:
km

miles

From:
km
miles

/ 1.60934
x 1.60934

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Area
To:
m

ha

ft

yd

acres

/ 10000

x 10.7639

x 1.19599

/ 4050

x 107639

x 11959.9

x 2.46914

/9

/ 43593.8

From:
m
ha

x 10000

ft

/ 10.7639

/ 107639

yd

/ 1.19599

/ 11959.9

x9

acres

x 4050

/ 2.46914

x 43593.8

/ 4843.76
x 4843.76

Volume
To:
l

cc

fl oz

pt

gal

x 1000

/ 1000

x 33.814

x 1.76056

/ 4.55

From:
l
cc

/ 1000

/ 29.5735

/ 568

/ 4550

x 1000

x 33842

x 1760.56

x 219.78

fl oz

/ 33.814

x 29.5735

/ 33842

/ 19.2064

/ 153.854

pt

/ 1.76056

x 568

/ 1760.56

x 19.2064

gal

x 4.55

x 4550

/ 219.78

x 153.854

x 8.01056

oz

lb

/ 28.3495

/ 453.592

x 35.274

x 2.20462

/ 1016

x 1000

x 2204.62

/ 1.016

/ 16

/ 8.01056

Weight, Mass
To:
g

kg

tons

From:
g
kg

/ 1000
x 1000

/ 1000

oz

x 28.3495

/ 35.274

lb

x 453.592

/ 2.20462

/ 2204.62

x 1016

x 1.016

tons

x 16

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/ 2239.9
x 2239.9

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Speed
To:
m/s

km/h

mph

x 3.6

x 2.23694

From:
m/s
km/h

/ 3.6

mph

/ 2.23694

/ 1.60934
x 1.60934

Temperature
To:
K

- 273.15

(K - 273.15) x 9/5 + 32

From:
K
C

+ 273.15

(F - 32) x 5/9 + 273.15

x 9/5 + 32
(F - 32) x 5/9

*Source: http://www.metrication.com/conversions/tables.htm

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Physics Constants
Quantity

Symbol

Approximate Value

Universal gravitational constant

6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2

Acceleration due to gravity

9.80 m/s2

Speed of light

3.00 x 108 m/s

Boltzmann's constant

KB

1.38 x 10-23 J/K

Avogadro's number

NA

6.02 x 1023 molecules/mol

Gas constant

8.31 J/molK

Coulombs law of constant

9.00 x 109 Nm2/C2

Charge of electron

1.60 x 10-19 C

Permittivity of free space

8.85 x 10-12 C2/Nm2

Permeability of free space

4 x 10-7 Wb/Am = 1.26 x 10-6 Tm/A

Atomic mass unit

1.66 x 10-27 kg931 MeV

Plancks constant

6.63 x 10-34 Js

Mass of electron

me

Mass of neutron

mn

Mass of proton

mp

9.11 x 10-31 kg = 5.49 x 10-4u 0.511 MeV

1.672625 x 10-27 kg = 1.008665u 939.57
MeV
1.67500 x 10-27 kg = 1.007267u 938.28 MeV

Bohr radius of hydrogen atom

r1

0.053 nm

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