Predefined Floating Point Constants

WIL has several predefined floating point constants that can be handy for scientific and engineering scripts. Like all WIL constants, they start with the @-sign, and are case-insensitive.

 

 

@AMC

Atomic Mass Constant  

1.66043E-27 

 

@AVOGADRO

Avogadro's Constant 

6.02252E23 

 

@BOLTZMANN

Boltzmann Entropy Constant 

1.38054E-23 

 

@DEG2RAD

Degrees to Radians Conversion Constant 

0.017453292519943  

@e

Base of natural or Napierian logarithms 

2.718281828459045 

 

@ELECTRIC

Electric Field Constant  

8.8541853E-12 

 

@EULERS

Eulers's Constant 

0.5772156649015338 

 

@FARADAY

Faraday Constant  

9.64870E4 

 

@GFTSEC

Gravitational Acceleration (feet/sec2) 

32.174 

 

@GMTSEC

Gravitational Acceleration (meters/sec2) 

9.80665 

 

 

@GOLDENRATIO

Golden Ratio 

1.6180339887498948 

 

@GRAVITATION

Gravity Constant 

6.670E-11 

 

@LIGHTMPS

Speed of Light (miles/sec) 

186272 

 

@LIGHTMTPS

Speed of Light (meters/sec) 

2.997925E8 

 

@MAGFIELD

Magnetic Field Constant 

1.256637 

 

@PARSEC

Parsec (AU) 

206.265  

 

@PI

Pi 

3.141592653589793 

 

@PLANCKERGS

Planck's Constant (ergs) 

6.6252E-27 

 

@PLANCKJOULES

Planck's Constant (joules) 

6.6256E-34 

 

@RAD2DEG

Radians to Degrees Conversion Constant 

57.29577951308232  

 

 

 

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