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This list of mechanical constants represent the most common values used in engineering,
physics, and chemistry.
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constants, units, and uncertainties. This is their
Extensive Listing
of constants.
| Horsepower |
HP |
745.7 W |
| Atmosphere |
Atm |
14.70 lb/in2 |
| Pi |
P |
3.141 592 653 589 793 238 46 |
| Natural log base |
e |
2.718 281 828 459 045 235 36 |
| Square root of 2 |
√2 |
1.414 213 562 372 095 048 80 |
| Euler's constant |
g |
0.577 215 664 901 532 860 61 |
| Golden Ratio |
f |
1.618 033 988 749 894 848 20 |
| 1º of latitude at 40º latitude |
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69 mi |
| Acceleration of gravity |
g |
32.1726 ft/s2 |
| Knot |
kt |
1.1508 mi/hr |
| Speed of sound @ 0ºC |
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1087.1 ft/s |
| Water heat of fusion @ 0ºC |
∆Hfus |
79.71 cal/g |
| Water heat of vaporization @ 0ºC |
∆Hvap |
539.55 cal/g |
| Acre |
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43 560 ft2 |
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