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Environmental Conversion factors and formulas for constants

 
Basic Units
 
Aditional Units
 
Quantity
Name
Symbol
 
Physical quantity
Unit
Name
  length meter m   Volume liter=1000 cm(3)=10(-3)m(3) liter (l)
  mass kilogram kg     ml = cm(3) = 10(-6)m(3) milliliter
  time second s   Density g cm(-3) = g/ml  
  degree kelvin K   Molar concentration M = mol 1(-1) molarity
  number mole mol   Length A = 10(-10)m = 0.1 nm = 100 pm angstrom
  current ampere A   Pressure atm=760 torr=101.325x10(3)Nm(-2) atmosphere
            torr = 1.32 x 10(-3) atm torr
             
 
Symbol
Prefix
 
 
E
exa
10(18)
1,000,000,000,000,000,000
 
 
P
peta
10(15)
1,000,000,000,000,000
 
 
T
tera
10(12)
1,000,000,000,000
 
 
G
giga
10(9)
1,000,000,000
 
 
M
mega
10(6)
1,000,000
 
 
k
kilo
10(3)
1,000
 
 
h
hecto
10(2)
100
 
 
da
deka
10(1)
10
 
 
d
deci
10(-1)
0.1
 
 
c
centi
10(-2)
0.01
 
 
m
milli
10(-3)
0.001
 
 
µ
micro
10(-6)
0.000,001
 
 
n
nano
10(-9)
0.000,000,001
 
 
p
pico
10(-12)
0.000,000,000,001
 
 
f
femto
10(-15)
0.000,000,000,000,001
 
 
a
atto
10(-18)
0.000,000,000,000,000,001
 
           
           
 
Conversion Factors (Energy)
   
  1 electron volt (eV) = 1.60 x 10(-19) J    
  1 erg = 6.24 x 10(11) eV = 2.39 x 10(-11) kcal    
  1 kcal = 4.184 kJ      
  1 volt coulomb = 1 joule = 10(7) ergs = 2.39 x 10(-1) cal  
  1 atomic unit (au) of energy = 27.21 eV molecule(-1) = 4.36 x 10(-18) J molecule(-1)  
           
           
 
Physical Constants
 
    c Velocity of Light 3.00 x 10(8)m s(-1)  
    h Planck's Constant 6.63 x 10(-34) Js  
    N(Sub)A Avogadro's Number 6.02 x 10(23) mol(-1)  
    F Farady's Constant 2.89 x 10(14) esu mol(-1)  
        9.65 x 10(4)C mol(1-) = 9.65 x 10(4)JV(-1)  
        2.31 x 10(4) cal V(-1) mol(-1)  
    V(Sub)O Molar Volume of Gas at STP 22.4 1 mol(-1)  
    k Boltzmann's Constant 1.38 x 10(-23) J K(-1) molecule(-1)  
    e Charge on the Electron 4.80 x 10(-10) esu (cm3/2g1/2s(-1))  
        1.60 x 10(-19) C  
    m(Sub)e Mass of the Electron 9.11 x 10(-31)kg  
    amu Atomic Mass Unit 1.66 x 10(-27)kg  
    R Gas Constant 0.082 1 atm K(-1) mol(-1)  
        8.31 J K(-1) mol(-1)  
        1.99 cal K(-1)mol(-1)  
    a(sub)O Bohr Radius 0.529 A = 52.9 pm  
    K(Sub)W Dissociation Constant Water 1 x 10(-14)  
   
2.303 RT = 1.364 kcal mol(-1) = 5.71 kj mol(-1) = 0.0592 V at 298 K
 
           
           

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