Appendix B

Values of Fundamental Physical Constants

Quantity	Symbol	Value
Elementary charge	e	1.60217(6) × 10−19 C
Electric constant	εo	8.85418(8) × 10−12 F m−1
Magnetic constant	μo	4π × 10−7 N A−2
Speed of light in vacuum	c	2.99792(4) × 108 m s−1
Planck constant	h	6.62606(9) × 10−34 J s
Rest mass of electron	me	9.10938(2) × 10−31 kg
Rest mass of proton	mp	1.67262(2) × 10−27 kg
Boltzmann constant	k	1.60217(6) × 10−23 J K−1
Avogadro constant	NA	6.02214(2) × 1023 mol−1
Faraday constant	F	9.64853(4) × 104 C mol−1
Molar gas constant	R	8.31447(2) J K−1 mol−1