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  2. Speed of light - Wikipedia

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    The particular value chosen for the speed of light provided a more accurate definition of the metre that still agreed as much as possible with the definition used before 1983. [ 12 ] [ 14 ] As a dimensional physical constant , the numerical value of c is different for different unit systems.

  3. Photon energy - Wikipedia

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    This equation is known as the Planck relation. Additionally, using equation f = c/λ, = where E is the photon's energy; λ is the photon's wavelength; c is the speed of light in vacuum; h is the Planck constant; The photon energy at 1 Hz is equal to 6.626 070 15 × 10 −34 J, which is equal to 4.135 667 697 × 10 −15 eV.

  4. Fine-structure constant - Wikipedia

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    c is the speed of light (299 792 458 m⋅s −1 ‍ [8]); ε 0 is the electric constant ( 8.854 187 8188 (14) × 10 −12 F⋅m −1 ‍ [ 9 ] ). Since the 2019 revision of the SI , the only quantity in this list that does not have an exact value in SI units is the electric constant (vacuum permittivity).

  5. Planck constant - Wikipedia

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    This value is used to define the SI unit of mass, the kilogram: "the kilogram [...] is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 −34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of speed of light c and duration of hyperfine ...

  6. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    speed of light (in vacuum) 299,792,458 meters per second (m/s) speed of sound: meter per second (m/s) specific heat capacity: joule per kilogram per kelvin (J⋅kg −1 ⋅K −1) viscous damping coefficient kilogram per second (kg/s) electric displacement field also called the electric flux density coulomb per square meter (C/m 2)

  7. Physical constant - Wikipedia

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    For example, the speed of light is defined as having the numerical value of 299 792 458 when expressed in the SI unit metres per second, and as having the numerical value of 1 when expressed in the natural units Planck length per Planck time. While its numerical value can be defined at will by the choice of units, the speed of light itself is a ...

  8. Elementary charge - Wikipedia

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    The relation used by CODATA to determine elementary charge was: = =, where h is the Planck constant, α is the fine-structure constant, μ 0 is the magnetic constant, ε 0 is the electric constant, and c is the speed of light. Presently this equation reflects a relation between ε 0 and α, while all others are fixed values. Thus the relative ...

  9. Electromagnetic wave equation - Wikipedia

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    is the speed of light (i.e. phase velocity) in a medium with permeability μ, and permittivity ε, and ∇ 2 is the Laplace operator. In a vacuum, v ph = c 0 = 299 792 458 m/s, a fundamental physical constant. [1] The electromagnetic wave equation derives from Maxwell's equations.