permittivity of vacuum

Fundamental physical constant $ɛ 0 = 1 μ 0 c 0 2$ exactly, where $μ 0$ is the permeability of vacuum and $c 0$ the speed of light in vacuum. It is equal to $8.854 187 817 ... × 10 −12 F m −1$ .

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CODATA 2006

Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 14

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.

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