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Constants
Acceleration due to gravity on Earth g 9.80 m/s2
Proton mass mp 1.67 × 10−27 kg
Neutron mass mn 1.67 × 10−27 kg
Electron mass me 9.11 × 10−31 kg
Elementary charge e 1.60 × 10−19 C
N•m2
_____
Coulomb’s law constant k 8.99 × 109 C2
N•m2
_____
Gravitational constant G 6.67 × 10−11 kg2

Speed of light in vacuum c 3.00 × 108 m/s

Planck’s constant h 6.63 × 10−34 J•s = 4.14 × 10−15 eV•s

Mechanics
v− = __
Δx_ v = velocity
Δt
x = position
x = x0 + vt t = time
x = x0 + v0 t + _1_ at 2 a = acceleration
2
F = force
a− = __
Δv_
m = mass
Δt
Fg = weight
v 2 = v 02 + 2aΔx
g = acceleration due to gravity
F = ma d = distance between centers of mass
p = momentum
Fg = mg
a c = centripetal acceleration
Gm1m2
F = _______
2 Fc = centripetal force
d
r = radius
FΔt = Δp = mΔv
2
v
ac = __
r
mv_2
___
Fc =
r

Energy
W = FΔx W = work
W = Fv− F = force
P = ___
Δt x = position
PEg = mgh P = power
t = time
KE = _1_ mv 2 v = velocity
2
F = −kx PE g = gravitational potential energy
m = mass
PEk = _1_ kx 2 h = height
2
KE = kinetic energy
k = spring constant
PE k = spring potential energy
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 Physics Reference
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Physics

Constants
Acceleration due to gravity on Earth g 9.80 m/s2
Proton mass mp 1.67 × 10−27 kg
Neutron mass mn 1.67 × 10−27 kg
Electron mass me 9.11 × 10−31 kg
Elementary charge e 1.60 × 10−19 C
N•m2
_____
Coulomb’s law constant k 8.99 × 109 C2
N•m2
_____
Gravitational constant G 6.67 × 10−11 kg2

Speed of light in vacuum c 3.00 × 108 m/s

Planck’s constant h 6.63 × 10−34 J•s = 4.14 × 10−15 eV•s

Mechanics
v− = __
Δx_ v = velocity
Δt
x = position
x = x0 + vt t = time
x = x0 + v0 t + _1_ at 2 a = acceleration
2
F = force
a− = __
Δv_
m = mass
Δt
Fg = weight
v 2 = v 02 + 2aΔx
g = acceleration due to gravity
F = ma d = distance between centers of mass
p = momentum
Fg = mg
a c = centripetal acceleration
Gm1m2
F = _______
2 Fc = centripetal force
d
r = radius
FΔt = Δp = mΔv
2
v
ac = __
r
mv_2
___
Fc =
r

Energy
W = FΔx W = work
W = Fv− F = force
P = ___
Δt x = position
PEg = mgh P = power
t = time
KE = _1_ mv 2 v = velocity
2
F = −kx PE g = gravitational potential energy
m = mass
PEk = _1_ kx 2 h = height
2
KE = kinetic energy
k = spring constant
PE k = spring potential energy
continued