electronvolt 1.4.2

A physical quantity calculator.

A physics quantity calculator with units.

Demo

Rest mass of an electron

>>> me
9.1093837015e-31 * kg

Speed of light

>>> c
299792458.0 * m * s**-1

Rest energy of an electron, in SI units

>>> me * c**2
8.187105776823886e-14 * m**2 * s**-2 * kg

Rest energy of an electron, in mega electronvolts

>>> me * c**2 / MeV
0.5109989499961642

This matches the rest energy of electron on Wikipedia.

Usage

• Install this module via pip install electronvolt.
• Recommended to use in an interactive python environment, e.g. jupyter notebook.
• Recommended to import via from electronvolt import *.

You can also run this module online HERE.

• This page typically loads within 3 minutes.
• Use shift+enter to run a block of code.
• Run the first block to initialize the calculator.
• Run the second block to feel how it works.

Units and Constants

Name	Symbol	Value	Unit
Math Constants
	pi	3.14159265
Euler's number	euler	2.71828183
Metric Prefixes
	yotta	1.00E+24
	zetta	1.00E+21
	exa	1.00E+18
	peta	1.00E+15
	tera	1.00E+12
	giga	1.00E+09
	mega	1000000
	kilo	1000
	hecto	100
	deca	10
	deci	0.1
	centi	0.01
	milli	0.001
	micro	1.00E-06
	nano	1.00E-09
	pico	1.00E-12
	femto	1.00E-15
	atto	1.00E-18
	zepto	1.00E-21
	yocto	1.00E-24
Common Prefixes
	hundred	100
	thousand	1000
	million	1000000
	billion	1.00E+09
	trillion	1.00E+12
SI Base Units
second	s	1	s
meter	m	1	m
kilogram	kg	1	kg
ampere	A	1	A
kelvin	K	1	K
mole	mol	1	mol
candela	cd	1	cd
Time
	minute	60	s
	hour	3600	s
	day	86400	s
	week	604800	s
	year	31557600	s
millisecond	ms	0.001	s
microsecond	us	1.00E-06	s
nanosecond	ns	1.00E-09	s
Length
kilometer	km	1000	m
decimeter	dm	0.1	m
centimeter	cm	0.01	m
millimeter	mm	0.001	m
micrometer	um	1.00E-06	m
nanometer	nm	1.00E-09	m
femtometer	fm	1.00E-15	m
Frequency
hertz	Hz	1	s**-1
kilohertz	kHz	1000	s**-1
megahertz	MHz	1000000	s**-1
gigahertz	GHz	1.00E+09	s**-1
terahertz	THz	1.00E+12	s**-1
Classical Mechanics
gravitational acceleration	g	9.80665	m * s**-2
newton	N	1	kg * m * s**-2
pascal	Pa	1	kg * m**-1 * s**-2
joule	J	1	kg * m**2 * s**-2
watt	W	1	kg * m**2 * s**-3
Thermodynamics
Planck constant	h	6.63E-34	kg * m**2 * s**-1
reduced Planck constant	hbar	1.05E-34	kg * m**2 * s**-1
Avogadro constant	NA	6.02E+23	mol**-1
Boltzmann constant	kB	1.38E-23	kg * m**2 * s**-2 * K**-1
ideal gas constant	R	8.31446262	kg * mol**-1 * K**-1 * m**2 * s**-2
Electromagnetism
coulomb	C	1	s * A
volt	V	1	kg * A**-1 * m**2 * s**-3
farad	F	1	kg**-1 * A**2 * m**-2 * s**4
	Ohm	1	kg * A**-2 * m**2 * s**-3
tesla	T	1	kg * A**-1 * s**-2
weber	Wb	1	kg * m**2 * s**-2 * A**-1
henry	H	1	kg * A**-2 * m**2 * s**-2
speed of light	c	299792458	m * s**-1
vacuum magnetic permeability	mu0	1.26E-06	kg * A**-2 * m * s**-2
vacuum electric permittivity	epsilon0	8.85E-12	kg**-1 * m**-3 * s**4 * A**2
Coulomb constant	k	8.99E+09	kg * m**3 * s**-4 * A**-2
elementary charge	e	1.60E-19	s * A
Imperial Units
inch ('in' is a python keyword)	in_	0.0254	m
foot	ft	0.3048	m
yard	yd	0.9144	m
mile	mi	1609.344	m
	acre	4046.85642	m**2
nautical mile	NM	1852	m
knot	kn	0.514444444	m * s**-1
pound-mass	lb	0.45359237	kg
pound-force	lbf	4.44822162	kg * m * s**-2
	slug	14.5939029	kg
	blob	175.126835	kg
Common Units
kilometer per hour	kph	0.277777778	m * s**-1
miles per hour	mph	0.44704	m * s**-1
	gram	0.001	kg
liter	L	0.001	m**3
pound per square inch	psi	6894.757	kg * m**-1 * s**-2
kilowatt-hour	kWh	3600000	kg * m**2 * s**-2
hectare	ha	10000	m**2
Atomic Physics
electron rest mass	me	9.11E-31	kg
proton mass	mp	1.67E-27	kg
neutron mass	mn	1.67E-27	kg
atomic mass unit	u	1.66E-27	kg
atomic mass of hydrogen	mH	1.67E-27	kg
atomic mass of helium	mHe	6.65E-27	kg
Quantum Mechanics
Stefan-Boltzmann constant	sigma	5.67E-08	kg * K**-4 * s**-3
Bohr radius	a0	5.29E-11	m
hydrogen ground state energy	hground	-2.18E-18	kg * m**2 * s**-2
fine-structure constant	alpha	0.007297353
Rydberg constant	Rinfty	10973731.6	m**-1
Radioactive Decays
becquerel	Bq	1	s**-1
curie	Ci	3.70E+10	s**-1
millicurie	mCi	37000000	s**-1
microcurie	uCi	37000	s**-1
Nuclear Physics
electronvolt	eV	1.60E-19	kg * m**2 * s**-2
kilo-electronvolt	keV	1.60E-16	kg * m**2 * s**-2
mega-electronvolt	MeV	1.60E-13	kg * m**2 * s**-2
giga-electronvolt	GeV	1.60E-10	kg * m**2 * s**-2
tera-electronvolt	TeV	1.60E-07	kg * m**2 * s**-2
electronvolt per speed of light	eVpc	5.34E-28	kg * m * s**-1
mega-electronvolt per c	MeVpc	5.34E-22	kg * m * s**-1
electronvolt per c squared	eVpc2	1.78E-36	kg
mega-electronvolt per c squared	MeVpc2	1.78E-30	kg
Cosmology
gravitational constant	G	6.67E-11	kg**-1 * m**3 * s**-2
astronomical unit	au	1.50E+11	m
light-year	ly	9.46E+15	m
parsec	pc	3.09E+16	m
megaparsec	Mpc	3.09E+22	m
Hubble parameter	H0	2.33E-18	s**-1