Appendix 11

Important Values, Constants and Standards

1. s.t.p. = standard temperature and pressure, expressed as 1.00 atm or 760 mmHg or 101 kPa (= kN m-2) (Pa = pascal) and 0°C or 273.15 К

2. Temperature of triple point of water, 273.16 К 3. Gas constant, 8.314 JK-1 mol-1

4. Standard volume of a mole of gas at s.t.p., 22.4 dm3 5. The Faraday constant, F, 9.65 × 104C mol-1

6. The Avogadro constant, L, 6.02 × 1023 mol-1 7. The Planck constant, h, 6.63 x 10-34 Js

8. Speed of light, c, 3.00 x 10-8ms-1

9. Mass of proton, 11H, 1.67 × l0-27 kg mass of neutron, 01n, 1.67 × l0-27 kg

mass of electron, -10e, 9.11 × 10-31 kg electronic charge, e, -1.60 × 10-19C

10.1 cal = 4.18 J

11.l eV = l.60 ×l0-19J

12.Specific heat capacity of water, 4.18 J g-1 K-1

13.Ionic product of water, Kw =1.008 x 10-14 mol2 dm-6, at 289 К (25°С)

Appendix 12

Greek Alphabet

Capital,
small
A α	alpha
B β	beta
Γγ	gamma
∆δ	delta
Εε	epsilon
Ζζ	(d)zeta
Ηη	eta
Θθ	theta
Ιι	iota
Κκ	kappa

Name

[ lfə]

[ bi:tə, US: beitə] [ g mə]

[ deltə]

[ep sailən, US: epsilɒn] [ zi:tə, US: zeitə]

[ i:tə, US: eitə] [ θi:tə, US: θeitə] [aiəυtə]

[ k pə]

English	Russian
equivalent	equivalent
a	альфа
b	бета
g	гамма
d	дельта
e (short)	эпсилон
z	дзета
e (long)	эта
th	тэта
i	йота
k	каппа

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