The Magnitudes of Physics

Compiled by

George Goth


Skyline College
San Bruno, California


	
absolute zero           				0	   x 100   K
abundance of aluminum in biomass			5.1	   x 10-2  % 
abundance of aluminum in Earth's crust			8.15	   x 100   %	  
abundance of aluminum in seawater			1	   x 10-6  % 	   
abundance of argon in atmosphere			9.3	   x 10-1  % 	   
abundance of carbon dioxide in atmosphere		3	   x 10-2  %      
abundance of hydrogen in biomass			1.05	   x 101   % 	  
abundance of hydrogen in Earth's crust			1.52	   x 10-1  % 	   
abundance of hydrogen in seawater			1.08	   x 101   % 	  
abundance of iron in biomass				1.1	   x 10-1  % 
abundance of iron in Earth's crust			5.00	   x 100   % 	  
abundance of iron in seawater				1	   x 10-6  % 
abundance of nitrogen in atmosphere			7.809	   x 101   % 	  
abundance of nitrogen in biomass			3.1	   x 100   %	  
abundance of nitrogen in Earth's crust			1.9	   x 10-3  %  
abundance of nitrogen in seawater			5	   x 10-5  % 	   
abundance of oxygen in seawater				8.57	   x 101   % 
abundance of oxygen in biomass				7.8	   x 101   % 
abundance of oxygen in Earth's crust			4.66	   x 101   % 	  
abundance of oxygen in atmosphere			2.095	   x 101   % 
abundance of phosphorous in biomass			7.1	   x 10-1  % 	   
abundance of phosphorous in Earth's crust		1.18	   x 10-1  %     
abundance of phosphorous in seawater			7	   x 10-6  % 	   
abundance of silicon in  biomass			2.1	   x 100   %	  
abundance of silicon in Earth's crust			2.77	   x 101   % 	  
abundance of silicon in seawater			3	   x 10-4  % 	   
acceleration at equator due to rotation of Earth		3.4	   x 10-4  m/s2     
acceleration due to seat ejection from jet (extreme)	1.5	   x 102   m/s2   
acceleration gravity on surface of Moon			1.7	   x 100   m/s2     
acceleration of auto crash at 60 mph into fixed barrier	1	   x 103   m/s2   
acceleration of gravity (0 lat)				9.78039    x 100   m/s2
acceleration of gravity (90 lat)			9.83217    x 100   m/s2     
acceleration of gravity (mean)				9.8067	   x 100   m/s2
acceleration of gravity on surface of Sun		2.7	   x 102   m/s2   
acceleration of parachute opening (extreme)		3.2	   x 102   m/s2   
acceleration of proton at Fermilab			9	   x 1013  m/s2     
acceleration of ultracentrifuge				3	   x 106   m/s2
acceleration that causes "blackout"			7	   x 101   m/s2     
age of Earth            				1.6	   x 1017  s
age of most ancient fossils				8.4	   x 1016  s
age of most ancient rocks				1.1	   x 1017  s
age of oldest vertebrate fossil (Bolivian jawless shark)1.48	   x 1016  s
age of oldest written records (Sumerian)		1.6	   x 1011  s
age of Universe         				3.3	   x 1017  s
air intake - average man				2.64	   x 10-4  m3/s
air intake - average woman				2.44	   x 10-4  m3/s
albedo (forest)         				1.5	   x 10-1   
albedo (sand)           				2.5	   x 10-1   
albedo (snow)           				7	   x 10-1   
albedo (water, average)  -  
	dependent on surface conditions			2	   x 10-1   
altitude of a synchronous satellite above Earth		3.5767	   x 107   m     
angular momentum due to orbital motion of Earth		2.7	   x 1040  J s     
angular momentum due to orbital motion of electron	1.05	   x 10-34 J s   
angular momentum due to rotation of Earth		5.8	   x 1033  J s   
angular momentum of automobile wheel (55 mph)		1	   x 102   J s   
angular momentum of bullet from rifle			2	   x 10-3  J s	  
angular momentum of electric fan			1	   x 100   J s	  
angular momentum of frisbee				1	   x 10-1  J s
angular momentum of helicopter rotor (320 rpm)		5	   x 104   J s    
angular momentum of orbital motion of all planets	3.2	   x 1043  J s
angular momentum of phonograph record (33 rpm)		6	   x 10-3  J s    
angular momentum of toy gyroscope			1	   x 10-1  J s	  
annual carbon monoxide production of world		8.5	   x 109   kg	  
annual nitrogen oxides production of world		2.1	   x 109   kg	  
annual radiation dose from cosmic rays			5	   x 10-2  rem
annual radiation dose from medical and dental x rays	7	   x 10-2  rem
annual radiation dose from natural 40K in body		2	   x 10-2  rem
annual radiation dose from radioactivity of ground
	and buildings					5	   x 10-2  rem
annual sulfur oxide production of world			2.4	   x 109   kg
area of continents					1.49	   x 1014  m2
area of continents (% total Earth)			2.92	   x 101   % 
area of oceans          				3.61	   x 1014  m2
area of oceans (% total Earth)				7.08	   x 101   % 
atmospheric pressure at 0 km elevation                  1.01       x 105   Pa
atmospheric pressure at 10 km elevation			2.80	   x 104   Pa        
atmospheric pressure at 20 km elevation			5.6	   x 103   Pa        
atmospheric pressure at 50 km elevation			9.9	   x 101   Pa        
atmospheric pressure at 100 km elevation		5.6	   x 10-2  Pa   
atomic mass unit					1.6605655  x 10-27 kg      
Avogadro's number, N					6.02205	   x 1023  /mol
 
base pairs per average human chromosome			1.55	   x 106             
blackbody temperature of Earth				2.50	   x 102   K      
blackbody temperature of Jupiter			1.3	   x 102   K         
blackbody temperature of Sun				5.75	   x 103   K      
Bohr magneton                                           9.274078   x 10-24 J/T
Bohr radius of hydrogen atom      			5.2917706  x 10-11 m         
boiling point of He					4.2	   x 100   K
boiling point of lead                                   2.01       x 103   K
boiling point of nitrogen				7.7	   x 101   K      
boiling point of tungsten                               5.93       x 103   K
boiling point of water					3.73	   x 102   K     
Boltzmann constant					1.380662   x 10-23 J/K      
 
carbohydrate intake  - average man			4.5	   x 10-6  kg/s       
carbohydrate intake  - average woman			3.1	   x 10-6  kg/s       
carbon dioxide exhaled  - average man			1.2	   x 10-5  kg/s       
carbon dioxide exhaled  - average woman			1.0	   x 10-5  kg/s       
carbon dioxide flux into atmosphere from 
	decomposition of organic matter	        	2.2	   x 106   kg/s
carbon dioxide flux into atmosphere from fossil 
	fuel burning					1.7        x 105   kg/s     
cats and camels domesticated                            1.58       x 1011  s ago
cattle domesticated                                     2.52       x 1011  s ago
Cenozoic era            				2.2-0.0	   x 1015  s ago     
chicken domesticated                                    1.26       x 1011  s ago
charge transfer in lightning stroke			2.5	   x 101   C         
classical radius of electron                            2.817938   x 10-15 m
coefficient of kinetic friction  (waxed skis on snow, 
	0 deg C)					5	   x 10-2  
coefficient of kinetic friction (rubber on concrete)	1	   x 100    
coefficient of kinetic friction (steel on steel)	6	   x 10-1     
coefficient of kinetic friction (waxed skis on ice, 
	-10 deg C)					2          x 10-1     
 
daily food intake of adult man				1.3	   x 107   J      
density of air at STP					1.2250140  x 100   kg/m3      
density of Earth					5.519	   x 103   kg/m3     
density of liquid sodium (98 C)				9.29	   x 102   kg/m3      
density of mercury (element)				1.36	   x 104   kg/m3     
density of Moon         				3.342	   x 104   kg/m3     
density of rabbits in Nevada				1	   x 10-5  /m2         
density of Sun          				1.410	   x 103   kg/m3     
density of water (273 K)				9.9987	   x 103   kg/m3      
density of water (277.13 K)				1.00	   x 103   kg/m3      
depth of oceans (mean)					3.794	   x 103   m     
diameter of 12 gauge wire				2.053	   x 10-3  m      
diameter of human hair                                  1          x 10-4  m
diameter of human red blood cell                        7.5        x 10-6  m
diameter of iron nucleus                                8          x 10-15 m
diameter of Milky Way galaxy                            7.6        x 1020  m
diameter of nickel coin                                 2.1        x 10-2  m
diameter of proton                                      2          x 10-15 m
diameter of smallest virus (potato spindle)             2          x 10-8  m
diameter of typical atom                                1          x 10-10 m
diastolic blood pressure				1.1	   x 104   Pa      
dielectric constant of air				1.00054    x 100
dielectric constant of lead titanate			1.2	   x 104             	      
dielectric constant of vacuum				1	   x 100         
dielectric constant of water				8.0	   x 101      
distance to Andromeda galaxy                            2.1        x 1026  m
dog domesticated                                        3.78       x 1011  s ago
 
Earth's rotational velocity at equator			4.651	   x 102   m/s
efficiency of dry cell battery                          9.1        x 101   %
efficiency of gas laser                                 4          x 101   %
efficiency of light bulb                                3          x 100   %
efficiency of solar cell                                1.2        x 101   %
electric field at orbit of 1s electron in H atom	6	   x 1011  N/C
electric field at the surface of U nucleus		2	   x 1021  N/C
electric field needed to ionize air			3	   x 106   N/C
electric field of typical radio wave			1	   x 10-1  N/C
electric field of x-ray tube				5	   x 106   N/C
electron rest mass, m					9.109534   x 10-31 kg      
electronic charge					1.6021	   x 10-19 C     
emf induced between wingtips of 747 by Earth's
     magnetic field                                     7.5        x 10-1  V
emf of dry cell                                         1.5        x 100   V
energy content of beer					1.8	   x 106   J/kg     
energy content of coal					2.93	   x 107   J/kg     
energy content of gasoline				4.8	   x 107   J/kg      
energy content of natural gas (at STP)			3.9	   x 107   J/m3 
energy equivalent of 1 kg mass                          8.987      x 1016  J
energy from 1964 Alaska earthquake, 
      magnitude 9.2					3.98	   x 1018  J
energy from 1979 Loma Prieta, CA, earthquake,
      magnitude 7.0         				2.00	   x 1015  J
energy from 1994 Northridge, CA, earthquake, 
      magnitude 6.7      				7.08	   x 1014  J
energy from combustion of 1 gal gasoline		1.3	   x 108   J   
energy from explosion of supernova			1	   x 1044  J         
energy from explosion of TNT				4.6	   x 106   J/kg      
energy from fission of U-235				8.2	   x 1013  J/kg
energy from largest earthquake ever recorded
	1960 Chili Magnitude 9.5			1.23	   x 1019  J      
energy from metabolization of apple			4.6	   x 105   J         
energy in all fossil fuels on Earth			2.0	   x 1023  J         
energy of 1 megaton nuclear weapon			4.2	   x 1015  J         
energy of fission of one U-235 nucleus			3.2	   x 10-11 J	 
energy of Hiroshima size A bomb				2.1	   x 1014  J	 
energy of ionization of electron from H			2.2	   x 10-18 J	  
energy of ligthning flash				1	   x 109   J	 
energy of one push up           			3	   x 102   J     
energy release in annihilation of matter		9.0	   x 1016  J/kg
energy stored in nuclear fuel in reactor		1	   x 1016  J   
energy stored in nuclear fuel in Sun			1	   x 1045  J	  
energy stored in typical flashlight battery             7          x 103   J
equilibrium constant of bicarbonate ion			4.7	   x 10-11   
equilibrium constant of carbonic acid			4.5	   x 10-7  
equilibrium constant of hydrochloric acid		1	   x 103      
equilibrium constant of nitric acid			1	   x 101     
equilibrium constant of water				1	   x 10-14 	 
escape velocity from Earth				1.1179	   x 104   m/s	 
estimated energy stock of petroleum			1	   x 1022  J	   
estimated energy stock of coal				2.5	   x 1023  J	   
estimated energy stock of deuterium and 
	lithium for fusion				1	   x 1031  J    
estimated energy stock of natural gas			1	   x 1022  J 
estimated energy stock of oil shale			2	   x 1024  J 
estimated energy stock of uranium and 
	thorium for breeders				1	   x 1026  J     
Euler's number, e       				2.71828182 x 100   	
 
Faraday's constant, F					9.6487	   x 104   C/mol e 
fat intake - average man				1.4	   x 10-6  kg/s	 
fat intake - average woman				9.3	   x 10-7  kg/s	 
fine structure constant        				7.2973506  x 10-3    
food energy intake - average man			1.35	   x 102   J/s	  
food energy intake - average woman			1.06	   x 102   J/s	  
force of automobile braking				1	   x 104   N	 
force of jet engines of 747				7.7	   x 105   N	 
force of proton on electron in H atom			8	   x 10-8  N	  
force of thrust Saturn V engines			3.3	   x 107   N	  
freezing point of water					2.73	   x 102   K     
frequency of middle C					2.56	   x 102   Hz     
 
goats and sheep domesticated                            2.83       x 1011  s ago
goldfish domesticated                                   3.26       x 1010  s ago
gravitational constant, G				6.6720	   x 10-11 m3/s2 kg 
gravitational force of Earth on a man			7.3	   x 102   N	  
gravitational force of Earth on Moon			2.0	   x 1020  N	  
gravitational force of Earth on nickel (coin)		5.1	   x 102N   
gravitational force of Sun on Earth			3.5	   x 1022  N	  
gravitational potential energy of 747 at 30,000 ft	2	   x 1010  J     
greatest magnetic field (maximum produced in lab)	1	   x 103   T   
guinea pig domesticated                                 9.46       x 1010  s ago
 
half life of free neutron                               9.2        x 102   s
half life of positive pi meson                          2.67       x 10-8  s
height of man (average)                                 1.8        x 100   m
horse domesticated                                      1.89       x 1011  s ago
heat of fusion of mercury				1.1	   x 104   J/kg	 
heat of fusion of water					3.29	   x 105   J/kg     
heat of vaporization of mercury				2.88	   x 105   J/kg	 
heat of vaporization of water				1.20	   x 106   J/kg	 
heat output of man (average)				1	   x 102   J/s	 
high end of hearing range of young adult		2	   x 104   Hz   
highest pressure achieved in laboratory			5	   x 1011  Pa 
highest temperature achieved in laboratory		6	   x 107   K     
highway speed limit velocity				2.5	   x 101   m/s
Hubble constant                                         2.4	   x 10-18 /s
human body temperature					3.10	   x 102   K     
hydrogen atom mass					1.68	   x 10-27 kg     
 
ideal gas constant, R					8.3143	   x 100   J/K mole 
inclination of Earth's axis to orbit			2.345	   x 101   degrees   
index of refraction of heavey flint glass               1.66       x 100   
index of refraction of water                            1.33       x 100   
iron atom mass          				9.5	   x 10-26 kg    
 
Josephson frequency to voltage ratio                    4.835939   x 1014  Hz/V
 
kinetic energy of Earth revolving around the Sun	2.6	   x 1033  J    
kinetic energy of Earth rotating about its axis		2.1	   x 1024  J    
kinetic energy of falling rain drop			4	   x 10-3  J	   
kinetic energy of highest energy cosmic ray		5.0	   x 101   J   
kinetic energy of Krakatoa volcano			6	   x 1018  J	  
kinetic energy of large locomotive			5	   x 105   N	  
kinetic energy of rifle bullet				4	   x 104   J	 
kinetic energy of running man				4	   x 103   J	 
kinetic energy of walking man				6.0	   x 101   J	 
 
length of HMS Queen Elizabeth                           3.1        x 102   m
lifetime of average human intestinal cell		
	(from lecture by Paul Silverman)  		2.59	   x 105   s
ln 2 							6.9314718  x 10-1   
ln 10           					2.30258509 x 100     
low end of hearing range of young adult			3.5	   x 101   Hz        
lowest temperature achieved in laboratory		5	   x 10-4  K     
 
magnetic field of typical AM radio wave                 1         x 10-9   T
magnetic field produced by human body                   3          x 10-10 T
magnetic moment of electron                             9.284832   x 10-24 J/T
magentic field of Earth (average)			5	   x 10-5   T
magnetic field at nucleus				1	   x 1012  T      
magnetic field of large electromagnet			2	   x 100   T         
magnetic field of typical ceramic magnet		2	   x 10-2  T
magnetic flux quantum          				2.0678506  x 10-15 Wb      
mass - average man					7	   x 101   kg     
mass - average woman					5.8	   x 101   kg     
mass of Earth						5.9763 	   x 1024  kg     
mass of HMS Queen Elizabeth				7.6	   x 107   kg      
mass of junk mail delivered in US			4.4	   x 101   kg/s      
mass of living matter on Earth				3.6	   x 1014  kg      
mass of Milky Way					4	   x 1041  kg     
mass of Moon						7.354	   x 1022  kg     
mass of pion                        			2.50	   x 10-28 kg
mass of proton						1.6726485  x 10-27 kg     
mass of rain drop					2	   x 106   kg     
mass of red blood cell					9	   x 10-14 kg     
mass of smallest virus					9.5	   x 10-21 kg     
mass of Sun						1.99	   x 1030  kg     
mass of Universe					1	   x 1053  kg     
mass of W boson						1.4	   x 10-25 kg     
mass of Z boson						1.7	   x 10-25 kg     
mass of 747 (empty)                                     1.6        x 105   kg
mass of typical automobile                              1.5        x 103   kg
maximum upward force exerted by forearm in 
	isometric exercise				2.7        x 102   N   
mean temperature at surface of Earth			2.87	   x 102   K         
melting point of iron					1.8	   x 103   K     
melting point of lead                                   6          x 102   K
melting point of nitrogen                               6.3        x 101   K
melting point of tungsten                               3.68       x 103   K
melting point of water                                  2.73       x 102   K
Mesozoic era						7.1-2.2    x 1015  s ago     
molar volume of gas at STP      			2.241383   x 10-2  m3        
muon magnetic moment                                    4.490474   x 10-26 J/T
 
neutron rest mass					1.6749543  x 10-27 kg      
number of bacteria in a site of periodontal gum disease	1	   x 1010      
number of cobblers in USA         			1.4	   x 104     
number of households in USA (1980)			7	   x 107             
number of human chromosomes				2.3	   x 101      
number of nucleons in Universe				1	   x 1080      
 
orbital radius of Earth					1.49457    x 1011  m     
orbital radius of Mercury				5.795	   x 1010  m      
orbital radius of Moon					3.84403    x 108   m     
orbital radius of Pluto					5.909	   x 1012  m     
overpressure in car tire				2	   x 105   Pa      
 
Paleozoic era						1.8-0.7    x 1016  s ago     
percent all energy in US used by automobiles            1.3        x 101   %
percent all energy in US used by trucks                 5          x 100   %
percent all energy in US used for residential
     space heating                                      1.1        x 101   %
percent all energy in US used for residential 
     air conditioning                                   1          x 100   %
percent all energy in US used in manufacture of
     metals                                             9          x 100   %
period of AM radio wave                                 1          x 10-5  s
period of average heartbeat                             9          x 10-1  s
period of Halley's Comet                                2.4        x 109   s
period of middle C                                      3.8        x 10-3  s
period of revolution of Earth				3.1558150  x 107   s         
period of revolution of Moon				2.36055    x 106   s      
period of rotation of Earth				8.616406   x 104   s         
period of rotation of Moon				2.36055    x 106   s      
period of rotation of Sun				2.125	   x 106   s      
permeability of vacuum     				1.25663706 x 10-6  H/m      
permittivity of vacuum       				8.85418781 x 10-12 F/m      
pH of acid rain         				4	   x 100           
pH of pure water					7	   x 100     
pi              					3.14159265 x 100           
pig domesticated                                        3.21       x 1011  s ago
Planck's constant, h					6.6256	   x 10-34 J s 
population of USA (1650)				2.3	   x 106   people     
population of USA (1850)				7.6	   x 107   people     
population of USA (1900)				9.2	   x 107   people     
population of USA (1950)				1.52	   x 108   people     
population of USA (1983)				2.34	   x 108   people 
population of world (1650)				5	   x 108   people     
population of world (1850)				1.1	   x 109   people     
population of world (1900)				1.6	   x 109   people     
population of world (1950)				2.5	   x 109   people     
population of world (1983)				4.7	   x 109   people               
power consumption of coal in USA			4.8	   x 1011  J/s      
power consumption of coal in world			2.9	   x 1012  J/s
power consumption of natural gas in USA			6.3	   x 1011  J/s       
power consumption of natural gas in world		1.9	   x 1012  J/s 
power consumption of petroleum in USA			1.3	   x 1012  J/s       
power consumption of petroleum in world			4.3	   x 1012  J/s         
power consumption of U-235 in world			2.0	   x 1011  J/s        
power consumption of world (1980)			8.7	   x 1011  J/s      
power of 747 jet engine					2.1	   x 108   J/s	 
power of athlete at maximum				2	   x 102   J/s      
power of bumblebee in flight				2	   x 10-2  J/s      
power of car engine					1.5	   x 105   J/s     
power of hurricane					2	   x 1013  J/s     
power of large power plant				1	   x 109   J/s
power of large radio transmitter			1	   x 105   J/s         
power of large tugboat					1	   x 106   J/s     
power of lightbulb					1	   x 102   J/s     
power of sunlight striking Earth			1.7	   x 1017  J/s         
power of toaster					1	   x 103   J/s     
power of typical atom radiating light			1	   x 10-10 J/s	  
power produced by U-235 fission in USA			9.8	   x 1010  J/s	  
power radiated by Sun into space			3.7	   x 1026  J/s 
pressure at bottom of ocean				6	   x 107   Pa	 
pressure at center of Earth				4	   x 1011  Pa	 
pressure at core of neutron star			1	   x 1038  Pa	   
pressure at sealevel					1.01	   x 105   Pa     
protein intake - average man				1.1	   x 10-6  kg/s	 
protein intake - average woman				7.6	   x 10-7  kg/s	 
 
quantum of circulation                                  3.6369455  x 10-4  J s/kg
 
rabbit domesticated                                     6.31       x 1010  s ago
radiation dose causing 100% fatalities within
     2 days                                             5          x 103   rem
radiation dose causing 100% fatalities within
     2 weeks                                            1          x 103   rem
radiation dose from dental x ray                        2          x 10-2  rem
radiation dose from mammography x ray                   2.5        x 10-1  rem
radius of asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs	4	   x 103   m   
radius of Earth         				6.371	   x 106   m     
radius of Moon          				1.7383	   x 106   m     
radius of Sun           				6.95950    x 108   m     
radius of Universe              			1	   x 1028  m     
rate spent fuel rods produced by nuclear reactors
     in United States                                   6          x 10-2  kg/s
recession velocity of fastest quasar			2.7	   x 108   m/s	  
residence time of freons in atmosphere			3.15	   x 109   s 
resistivity of epoxy             			1	   x 1013  ohm m     
resistivity of glass            			1	   x 1010  ohm m     
resistivity of nichrome					1.00	   x 10-6  ohm m     
resistivity of silicon					2.6	   x 101   ohm m     
resistivity of silver					1.6	   x 10-6  ohm m     
reverberation time of St. Louis Powell Hall		2.2	   x 100   s   
Rydberg constant        				1.09737317 x 107   /m	 
Schwarzchild radius of Sun				3	   x 103   m	 
sound intensity causing rupture of ear drum		1.6	   x 102   dB   
sound intensity for threshold of hearing		4	   x 100   dB   
sound intensity for threshold of pain			1.2	   x 102   dB	  
sound intensity of heavy street traffic			7	   x 101   dB	  
sound intensity of jet engine at 30 m			1.3	   x 102   dB	  
sound intensity of normal breathing			1	   x 101   dB	  
sound intensity of normal conversation			6	   x 101   dB	  
sound intensity of rock music				1.15	   x 102   dB	 
sound intensity of subway train (NYC)			1.0	   x 102   dB	  
sound intensity of thunder (close)			1.10	   x 102   dB	  
sound intensity of whisper				2	   x 101   dB	 
specific heat of aluminum				8.85	   x 102   J/kg K	 
specific heat of marble					8.7	   x 102   J/kg K     
specific heat of water					4.134	   x 103   J/kg K 

spent fuel rods from nuclear reactors (US)              3          x 107   kg
spin of electron or proton				5.3	   x 10-35 J s	 
strong force on proton in nucleus			1	   x 104   N
sulfur flux into atmosphere from burning 
	of fossil fuels					2.7	   x 103   kg/s   
sulfur flux into atmosphere from natural sources	4.8	   x 103   kg/s   
surface area - average man				1.8	   x 100   m2	 
surface area - average woman				1.6	   x 100   m2	 
systolic blood pressure					1.6	   x 104   Pa     
temperature at center of Earth				4	   x 103   K	 
temperature at center of H bomb				1	   x 108   K	 
temperature at center of Sum				1.5	   x 107   K	 
temperature at surface of Sun				4.5	   x 103   K	 
temperature inside hottest star				1	   x 109   K	 
temperature of acetylene torch				2.9	   x 103   K	 
temperature of outer space				2.726	   x 100   K	 
thermal coefficient of expansion  for aluminum		2.4	   x 10-5  K-1    
thermal coefficient of expansion of mercury		1.8	   x 10-4  K-1     
thermal conductivity of aluminum                        2          x 102   J/s m K
thermal conductivity of down                            4.6        x 10-3  J/s m K
thermal conductivity of ice				1.2	   x 100   J/s m K
thermal conductivity of lead                        	3.5        x 101   J/s m K
thermal conductivity of porcelain                       2.5        x 10-1  J/s m K
thermal conductivity of silver				4.0	   x 102   J/s m K	 
thermal conductivity of styrofoam                       2          x 10-3  J/s m K
thermal conductivity of water (273 K)			5.63	   x 10-1  J/s m K	  
thermal conductivity of water (373 K)			6.83	   x 100   J/s m K	  
Thomson cross section                                   6.652448   x 10-27 m2 
time between hits by asteriods of r=> 4000 m on Earth	3	   x 1015  s     
total body water - average man				6.0	   x 101   %	   
total body water - average woman			5.0	   x 101   %	  
travel time for light from Moon                         1.3        x 100   s
travel time for light from nearest star                 1.4        x 108   s
travel time for light from Sun                          5          x 102   s
turkey domesticated                                     4.71       x 1010  s ago
velocity of brisk walk					1.3	   x 100   m/s     
velocity of cheetah					2.8	   x 101   m/s     
velocity of Concorde SST				7.1	   x 102   m/s      
velocity of continental drift		       		1	   x 10-9  m/s      
velocity of Earth around Sun				3.0	   x 103   m/s      
velocity of electron around H atom			2.2	   x 108   m/s       
velocity of fast baseball (Nolan Ryan, 1974)		4.51	   x 101   m/s   
velocity of glacier					1	   x 10-6  m/s     
velocity of hair growth					3	   x 10-9  m/s     
velocity of light in vacuum, c				2.99792458 x 108   m/s       
velocity of random motion of air molecules		4.5	   x 102   m/s   
velocity of rifle bullet		       		7	   x 102   m/s      
velocity of snail					1	   x 10-3  m/s     
velocity of sound in air at 0 C, 1 atm			3.3145	   x 102   m/s       
velocity of winner of 100 m dash			1.2	   x 101   m/s       
viscosity of air (STP)					1.72	   x 10-4  poise     
viscosity of water (273 K)				1.75	   x 101   poise      
viscosity of water (373 K)				2.9	   x 100   poise      
water intake - average man				3.5	   x 10-5  kg/s      
water intake - average woman				2.1	   x 10-5  kg/s      
water used for agriculture in USA			6.5	   x 103   m3/s
water used for agriculture in world			6.7	   x 104   m3/s      
water used for domestic purposes in USA			1.3	   x 103   m3/s      
water used for domestic purposes in world		7.0	   x 103   m3/s   
wavelength of AM radio wave                             3          x 103   m
wavelength of blue hydrogen line                        4.342      x 10-7  m
wavelength of green hydrogen line                       4.863      x 10-7  m
wavelength of higher of sodium D lines                  5.898      x 10-7  m
wavelength of lower of sodium D lines                   5.892      x 10-7  m
wavelength of purple light                              4          x 10-7  m
wavelength of red hydrogen line                         6.565      x 10-7  m
wavelength of red light                                 7          x 10-7  m
wavelength of tsunami                                   2          x 105   m

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