15.2: Appendix B- Physical Constants

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Howard DeVoe
University of Maryland

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The following table lists values from The Nist Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty of fundamental physical constants used in thermodynamic calculations. Except for those marked “exact,” they are the 2010 CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology) recommended values. The number in parentheses at the end of a value is the standard deviation uncertainty in the right-most digits of the value.

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