Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer

Appendix A: Physical Constants, Conversion Factors, and SI Prefixes

PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

Avogadro's constant

N A

6.022 10 26kmol ?1

Boltzmann's constant

k B

1.381 10 ?23 J/K

Electric permittivity (vacuum)

? 0

1/ ? 0 c 2 0 = 8.854 10 ?12 C 2/(N m 2)

Electron charge (absolute value)

e

1.602 10 ?19 C (coulumb)

Electron mass

m e

9.109 10 ?31 kg

Magnetic permeability (vacuum)

? 0

4 ? 10 ?7 N/A 2 (exact)

Planck's constant

h

6.626 10 ?34 J s

Proton mass

m p

1.673 10 ?27kg

Speed of light in vacuum

c 0

2.998 10 8 m/s (299,792,458 m/s, exact)

Standard acceleration of gravity

g n

9.80665 m/s 2 (exact)

Stefan-Boltzmann constant

?SB

5.670 10 ?8 W/(m 2 K 4)

Universal gas constant

R

8.314 kJ/(kmol K)

CONVERSION FACTORS

1 atm = 760 mmHg = 101.325 kPa (standard atmosphere, exact)

1 eV = 1.602 10 ?19 J (electron volt)

SIPREFIXES

Power

10 ?21

10 ?18

10 ?15

10 ?12

10 ?9

10 0

10 9

10 12

10 15

10 18

10 21

Prefix

zepto

atto

femto

pico

nano

giga

tera

peta

exa

zetta

Symbol

z

a

f

p

n

G

T

P

E

Z

Reference: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/index.html

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