ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C TABLE OF INFORMATION
CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
Proton mass, m p
1.67 – 10 27 kg
Neutron mass, mn
1.67 – 10 27 kg
Electron mass, me
9.11 – 10 31 kg
6.02 – 10 23 mol 1
Avogadro’s number, N 0
R
Universal gas constant,
8.31 J (mol <K)
1.60 – 10 19 C
1 electron volt, 1 eV
1.60 – 10 19 J
Speed of light,
Universal gravitational
constant,
Acceleration due to gravity
at Earth’s surface,
3.00 – 108 m s
c
6.67 – 10 11 N<m 2
G
kg 2
9.8 m s2
g
1.38 – 10 23 J K
Boltzmann’s constant, k B
1 unified atomic mass unit,
1u
1.66 – 10 27 kg
931 MeV c 2
Planck’s constant,
h
6.63 – 10 34 J <s
4.14 – 10 15 eV <s
hc
1.99 – 10 25 J <m
1.24 – 103 eV < nm
e0
8.85 – 10 12 C2 N < m 2
Vacuum permittivity,
Coulomb’s law constant, k
Magnetic constant, k „
1 atmosphere pressure,
meter,
kilogram,
second,
ampere,
kelvin,
PREFIXES
Factor
Prefix
Symbol
m
kg
s
A
K
mole,
hertz,
newton,
pascal,
joule,
1 4 pe0
m0
Vacuum permeability,
UNIT
SYMBOLS
e
Electron charge magnitude,
m0 4 p
1 atm
mol
Hz
N
Pa
J
9.0 – 109 N< m 2
C2
4 p – 10 7 (T <m) A
1 – 10 7 (T< m) A
1.0 – 105 N m 2
watt,
coulomb,
volt,
ohm,
henry,
W
C
V
W
H
1.0 – 105 Pa
farad,
tesla,
degree Celsius,
electron volt,
F
T
’C
eV
VALUES OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS FOR COMMON ANGLES
D
q
0
30D
37D
45D
53D
60D
90D
109
giga
G
sin q
0
12
35
2 2
45
3 2
1
106
mega
M
cos q
1
3 2
45
2 2
35
12
0
103
kilo
k
tan q
0
3 3
34
1
43
3
‡
2
centi
c
10 3
milli
m
10 6
micro
m
9
nano
n
10 12
pico
p
10
10
ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C EQUATIONS
MECHANICS
Ãx
Ãx 0 a x t
x
x0 Ãx 0 t Ãx2
G
a
G
F
G
J
G
p
Ãx 0 2 2 a x x x0
m
G
dp
dt
G
Ô F dt
G
m FN
G
W
K
1 2
mÃ
2
G
t
G
a
I
G
Ô F <dr
dE
dt
G G
F <v
DUg
ac
G
Dp
G
mv
DE
P
G
Fnet
m
G
ÇF
G
Ff
P
1 2
at
2 x
mg Dh
Ã2
r
w2r
Us
G G
r –F
G
G
t net
Çt
I
I
2
Ô r dm
Ç mr
Ã
rw
G
L
G G
r – p
K
1 2
Iw
2
w
w0 at
q
q0 w0 t acceleration
energy
force
frequency
height
rotational inertia
impulse
kinetic energy
spring constant
length
angular momentum
mass
power
momentum
radius or distance
period
time
potential energy
velocity or speed
work done on a system
position
coefficient of friction
angle
torque
angular speed
angular acceleration
phase angle
G
k D x
1
k Dx
2
2
x
xmax cos( wt f
T
2p
w
1
f
2
Ç mi xi
Ç mi
x cm
a =
E=
F =
f =
h =
I =
J =
K =
k =
A =
L =
m=
P =
p =
r =
T =
t =
U=
v =
W=
x =
m =
q =
t =
w =
a =
f =
G
Fs
G
Iw
1 2
at
2
Ts
2p
m
k
Tp
2p
A
g
G
FG
Gm1m2
UG
r2
Gm1m2
r