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USCS and SI Units<\/h2>\r\nBelow are a unit conversions to convert between different units in the USCS and SI Unit systems\r\n\r\n \r\n

Fundamental Constants<\/h2>\r\nBelow are a list of Fundamental Scientific Constants including the quantity, symbol and value with units\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Quantity<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\r\nSymbol<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\r\nValue<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
electron charge<\/td>\r\ne<\/td>\r\n1.602176634 \u00d7 10-19<\/sup> C<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Faraday constant<\/td>\r\nF<\/td>\r\n96485.33212 C\/mol<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Universal gas constant<\/td>\r\nR<\/td>\r\n8.314462618 J\/mol K<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
gravitation-Newtonian constant<\/td>\r\nG<\/td>\r\n6.67430 \u00d7 10-11<\/sup> Nm2<\/sup>\/kg2<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
gravitational acceleration (standard)<\/td>\r\ng<\/td>\r\n9.80665 m\/s2<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
speed of light<\/td>\r\nc<\/td>\r\n299792458 m\/s<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Planks constant<\/td>\r\nh<\/td>\r\n6.6260715 x 10-34<\/sup> J\/Hz<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Boltzmann constant<\/td>\r\nk<\/td>\r\n1.380649 \u00d7 10-23<\/sup> J\/K<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Avogadro's Number<\/td>\r\nNa<\/td>\r\n6.03 \u00d7 1023<\/sup><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","rendered":"

USCS and SI Units<\/h2>\n

Below are a unit conversions to convert between different units in the USCS and SI Unit systems<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fundamental Constants<\/h2>\n

Below are a list of Fundamental Scientific Constants including the quantity, symbol and value with units<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Quantity<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nSymbol<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nValue<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
electron charge<\/td>\ne<\/td>\n1.602176634 \u00d7 10-19<\/sup> C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faraday constant<\/td>\nF<\/td>\n96485.33212 C\/mol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Universal gas constant<\/td>\nR<\/td>\n8.314462618 J\/mol K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gravitation-Newtonian constant<\/td>\nG<\/td>\n6.67430 \u00d7 10-11<\/sup> Nm2<\/sup>\/kg2<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gravitational acceleration (standard)<\/td>\ng<\/td>\n9.80665 m\/s2<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
speed of light<\/td>\nc<\/td>\n299792458 m\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Planks constant<\/td>\nh<\/td>\n6.6260715 x 10-34<\/sup> J\/Hz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boltzmann constant<\/td>\nk<\/td>\n1.380649 \u00d7 10-23<\/sup> J\/K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Avogadro’s Number<\/td>\nNa<\/td>\n6.03 \u00d7 1023<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"back-matter-type":[28],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-6","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-publish","hentry","back-matter-type-appendix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/6\/revisions\/325"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/6\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcc-pressbooks.wc.reclaim.cloud\/manufacturing-processes-for-mechanical-engineers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}