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Physical Variables and Constants

Symbol	Definition	Template_Name	Unicode
To insert the symbol associated with a given physical variable or constant into the text of any Wiki document, type ... {{ User:Tohline/Math/Template_Name }}
<math>~G</math>	Newtonian gravitational constant; Authoritative Value	C_GravitationalConstant	x0047
<math>~k</math>	Boltzmann constant; Authoritative Value	C_BoltzmannConstant	x006B
<math>~m_p</math>	Proton mass; Authoritative Value	C_ProtonMass
<math>~\Re</math>	Gas constant = <math>~k</math>/<math>~m_p</math>; Authoritative Value	C_GasConstant	ℜ
<math>~n_g</math>	Number density; units of "1/volume"	VAR_NumberDensity01	x004E
<math>~\rho</math>	Mass density; units of "mass/volume"	VAR_Density01	x03C1
<math>~V</math>	Specific Volume = 1/<math>~\rho</math>; units of "volume/mass"	VAR_SpecificVolume01	x0056
<math>~\Phi</math>	Newtonian gravitational potential; units of "energy/mass" or "velocity-squared"	VAR_NewtonianPotential01	x03A6
<math>~P</math>	Pressure; units of "force/area" or "energy/volume"	VAR_Pressure01	x0050
<math>~\epsilon</math>	Specific internal energy; units of "energy/mass" or "velocity-squared"	VAR_SpecificInternalEnergy01	x03B5
<math>~t</math>	Time	VAR_Time01	x0074
<math>~\vec{v}</math>	Euclidean 3-space velocity vector; units of "length/time"	VAR_VelocityVector01
<math>~\vec{x}</math>	Euclidean 3-space position vector	VAR_PositionVector01

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-<font color="green">Newtonian gravitational constant</font>; &nbsp;&nbsp; <math>6.67\times 10^{-11} ~\mathrm{mks~units}</math>
+<font color="green">Newtonian gravitational constant</font>; &nbsp;&nbsp;
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_constant Authoritative Value]
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-<font color="green">Boltzmann constant</font>; &nbsp;&nbsp; <math>1.38\times 10^{-23}~\mathrm{mks~units}</math>
+<font color="green">Boltzmann constant</font>; &nbsp;&nbsp;
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_constant Authoritative Value]
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-<font color="green">Proton mass</font>; &nbsp;&nbsp; <math>1.67\times 10^{-24} ~\mathrm{g}</math>
+<font color="green">Proton mass</font>; &nbsp;&nbsp;
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_mass Authoritative Value]
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-<font color="green">Gas constant</font> = {{User:Tohline/Math/C_BoltzmannConstant}}/{{User:Tohline/Math/C_ProtonMass}}; &nbsp;&nbsp; <math>8.31\times 10^{7} ~\mathrm{erg}~\mathrm{deg}^{-1}~\mathrm{mole}^{-1}</math>
+<font color="green">Gas constant</font> = {{User:Tohline/Math/C_BoltzmannConstant}}/{{User:Tohline/Math/C_ProtonMass}}; &nbsp;&nbsp;
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_constant Authoritative Value]
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