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APPENDIX IV

? LIST OF PHYSICAL CONSTANTS

Universal gravitational constant                   G=         6.67 x 10-11 N m2 kg-2
Acceleration due to gravity                        g=         9.80 m s –2
Radius of the Earth                                RE =       6380 km
Mass of the Earth                                  ME =       5.98 x 10 24 kg
Mass of the Moon                                   Mm =       7.35 x 10 22 kg Atmosphere
Atmosphere                                         Atm =      1.00 x 105 N m-2
Boltzmann's constant                               k=         1.38 x 10-23 J K -1
Coulomb constant                                              9.00 x 109 N m2 C -2
Mass of the electron                                       =  9.11 x 10 -31 kg
Electron charge                                    me =       1.60 x 10 -19 C
Density of water                                   e=         1.00 x 103 kg m -3
Resistivity of steel                                          1.98 x 10 -7 Om
Resistivity of copper                                      =  1.80 x 10 -8 Om
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Thermal conductivity of copper                             =  400 W m -1 K -1
Specific heat capacity of aluminium                        =  910 J kg -1 K-1
Specific heat capacity of copper                           =  387 J kg -1 K -1
Specific heat capacity of water                            =  4200 J kg -1 K -1
Specific latent heat of fusion of ice                      =  3.34 x 10 5 J kg-1
Specific latent heat of vaporisation of water              =  2.26 x 106 J kg-1
Avogadro number                                    NA =       6.02 x 10 23 per mole
Speed of light in free space                       c=         3.00 x 108 m s-1
Permeability of free space                         µ0 =       4p x 10-7 H m-1

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