The Physics Teacher, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 381–383, September 2005
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Table I. Guide to physical constants available on Google calculator. Entries are sometimes case sensitive.
Long NameShorthand
atomic mass unitsamu or u
Astronomical unitau
Avogadro's numberN_A
Boltzmann's constantk
electric constant, permittivity of free spaceepsilon_0
electron massm_e
electron volteV
elementary charge 
Faraday constant 
fine-structure constant 
gravitational constantG
magnetic constant, permeability of free spacemu_0
magnetic flux quantum 
mass of the moonm_moon
mass of the sunm_sun
mass of [planet name]m_mercury...
molar gas constantR
Planck's constanth and hbar
proton massm_p
radius of the moonr_moon
radius of the suns_moon
radius of [planet name]r_mercury
Rydberg constant 
speed of lightc
speed of sound (note: in air at sea level) 
Stefan Boltzmann constant 
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