universal Constants

Description

This data set provides various universal constants

Usage

universalConstants

Format

A data frame containing for each universal constant the following information.

Quantity

a character string describing the constant.

Value

the value of the constant (numerical).

Unit

a character string indicating the unit of the constant.

Constants such as the speed of light, the Planck or Boltzmann constants are available.

Source

http://www.ebyte.it/library/educards/constants/ConstantsOfPhysicsAndMath.html

Examples

# List all the constants
print(universalConstants)

# Data for the speed of light
universalConstants["c",]

# Return the speed of light in m.s-1
universalConstants["c","Value"]

# Return the Planck constant in J.s
universalConstants["h","Value"]

# Return the Planck constant in eV.s
Joule2electronVolt(universalConstants["h","Value"])