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Physical constants are universal constants that hold true throughout nature, forming the foundation of natural sciences such as physics and chemistry. Recommended values are established by CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology), with representative examples including the speed of light, Planck constant, gravitational constant, and Avogadro constant. Following the 2019 redefinition of SI units, some constants became exact defined values.

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code	slug	name	description	symbol	uncertainty	unit	value
c	speed-of-light	Speed of light in vacuum	The propagation speed of light in vacuum.	c	exact	m s^-1	299792458
h	planck-constant	Planck constant	The fundamental constant of quantum mechanics.	h	exact	J Hz^-1	6.62607015e-34
h-bar	reduced-planck-constant	Reduced Planck constant	Planck constant divided by 2π.	ℏ	exact	J s	1.054571817e-34
G	gravitational-constant	Newtonian constant of gravitation	The proportional constant in Newton's law of universal gravitation.	G	0.00015e-11	m^3 kg^-1 s^-2	6.67430e-11
Na	avogadro-constant	Avogadro constant	The number of particles in one mole.	N_A	exact	mol^-1	6.02214076e23
e	elementary-charge	Elementary charge	The magnitude of charge carried by an electron.	e	exact	C	1.602176634e-19
k	boltzmann-constant	Boltzmann constant	The conversion factor between temperature and energy.	k	exact	J K^-1	1.380649e-23
alpha	fine-structure-constant	Fine-structure constant	A dimensionless constant representing the strength of electromagnetic interaction.	α	0.0000000011e-3		7.2973525643e-3
me	electron-mass	Electron mass	The rest mass of an electron.	m_e	0.0000000028e-31	kg	9.1093837139e-31
mp	proton-mass	Proton mass	The rest mass of a proton.	m_p	0.00000000052e-27	kg	1.67262192595e-27
mn	neutron-mass	Neutron mass	The rest mass of a neutron.	m_n	0.00000000085e-27	kg	1.67492750056e-27
R	molar-gas-constant	Molar gas constant	The constant in the ideal gas law equation.	R	exact	J mol^-1 K^-1	8.314462618
sigma	stefan-boltzmann-constant	Stefan-Boltzmann constant	The constant representing total radiated energy density of blackbody radiation.	σ	exact	W m^-2 K^-4	5.670374419e-8
R-inf	rydberg-constant	Rydberg constant	The constant describing spectral lines of hydrogen atoms.	R_∞	0.000012	m^-1	10973731.568157
a0	bohr-radius	Bohr radius	The average distance of the electron in the ground state of a hydrogen atom.	a_0	0.00000000082e-11	m	5.29177210544e-11
muB	bohr-magneton	Bohr magneton	The natural unit of electron magnetic moment.	μ_B	0.0000000029e-24	J T^-1	9.2740100657e-24
muN	nuclear-magneton	Nuclear magneton	The natural unit of nucleon magnetic moment.	μ_N	0.0000000016e-27	J T^-1	5.0507837393e-27
F	faraday-constant	Faraday constant	The charge of one mole of electrons.	F	exact	C mol^-1	96485.33212
g	standard-acceleration-of-gravity	Standard acceleration of gravity	The standard acceleration due to gravity at Earth's surface.	g	exact	m s^-2	9.80665