Important Physics Formulas
● Planck constant h = 6.63 × 10−34 J.s = 4.136 × 10-15 eV.s
● Gravitation constant G = 6.67×10−11 m3 kg−1 s−2
● Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 × 10−23 J/K
● Molar gas constant R = 8.314 J/(mol K)
● Avogadro’s number NA = 6.023 × 10 23 mol−1
● Charge of electron e = 1.602 × 10−19 C
● Permittivity of vacuum 0 = 8.85 × 10−12 F/m
● Coulomb constant 1/4πε0 = 8.9875517923(14) × 109 N m2/C2
● Faraday constant F = 96485 C/mol
● Mass of electron me = 9.1 × 10−31 kg
● Mass of proton mp = 1.6726 × 10−27 kg
● Mass of neutron mn = 1.6749 × 10−27 kg
● Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W/(m2 K4)
● Rydberg constant R∞ = 1.097 × 107 m−1
● Bohr magneton µB = 9.27 × 10−24 J/T
● Bohr radius a0 = 0.529 × 10−10 m
● Standard atmosphere atm = 1.01325 × 105 Pa
● Wien displacement constant b = 2.9 × 10−3 m K .
● Wave = ∆x ∆t wave = average velocity ∆x = displacement ∆t = elapsed
time.
● Vavg = (vi + vf*)2
Vavg = The average velocity
vi = initial velocity
vf = final velocity that is another definition of the average velocity which works
where letter a is constant.
● a = ∆v ∆t,
A = acceleration
∆v = change in velocity
∆t = elapsed time.
● ∆x = vi∆t + 1/2 a(∆t)2
∆x = the displacement
vi = the initial velocity
∆t = the elapsed time
a = the acceleration
Use this formula when you don’t have vf.
● ∆x = vf∆t − 1/2 a(∆t)2
∆x = displacement
vf = is the final velocity
∆t = elapsed time
a = acceleration
Use this formula when you don’t have vi.
● F = ma
F = force
m = mass
Then a = acceleration Newton’s Second Law.
F is the net force on the mass m.
● W = mg
W = weight
m = mass
g = acceleration which is due to gravity.
Then we see that the weight of an object with mass m. This is said to be really
just Newton’s Second Law.
● f = µN f = friction force
µ = coefficient of friction
N = normal force
Here µ can be either the kinetic coefficient of friction µk or the static coefficient of
friction.
● p = mv
● W = F d cos θ or W = F!d
W = work t
F = force
d = distance
θ = angle between F and the direction of motion
● KE = 1/2 mv2 K
KE = kinetic energy
m = mass
v = velocity
● PE = mgh
PE = potential energy
m = mass
g = acceleration due to gravity
h = height
● W = ∆(KE)
W = work done
KE = kinetic energy.
The “work-energy” which we have learnt is the theorem that is the work done by
the net force on an object equals the change in kinetic energy of the object.
We can write it as E = KE + PE
E = total energy
KE = kinetic energy
PE = potential energy
● P = W ∆t P = power
W = work
∆t = elapsed time