Data:CODATA Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants 1973

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Quantity Symbol Value ur
Permeability of vacuum (magnetic constant) μ0  × 10−7 H m−1
≈ 1.256637061… × 10−6 H m−1
exact
[Note 1]
Speed of light in vacuum c0 2.997 924 58(1.2) × 108 m s−1 4 × 10−9
Permittivity of vacuum (electric constant) ε0 = (μ0c20)−1 8.854 187 82(7) × 10−12 F m−1 8 × 10−9
Fine structure constant α = μ0c0e2/2h
α−1
0.0072973506(60)
137.03604(11)
8.2 × 10−7
8.2 × 10−7
Elementary charge e 1.6021892(46) × 10−19 2.9 × 10−6

Notes

  1. The numerical value of the magnetic constant is fixed by the definition of the ampere.

Reference

Cohen, E. Richard; Taylor, B. N. The 1973 Least‐Squares Adjustment of the Fundamental Constants. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 1973, 2 (4), 663–734. DOI: 10.1063/1.3253130.

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