HP 33S - Conversion Functions

Real–Number Functions
4–9
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Items Description Value
{

} Classical electron radius 2.817940285
×
10
–15
m
{


} Characteristic impendence of
vacuum
376.730313461
Ω
{
λ

} Compton wavelength 2.426310215
×
10
–12
m
{
λ

} Neutron Compton wavelength 1.319590898
×
10
–15
m
{
λ

} Proton Compton wavelength 1.321409847
×
10
–15
m
{
α
} Fine structure constant 7.297352533
×
10
–3
{
σ
} Stefan–Boltzmann constant 5.670400
×
10
–8
W m
–2
K
–4
{

} Celsius temperature 273.15
{a

} Standard atmosphere 101325 Pa
{
γ

} Proton gyromagnetic ratio 2.67522212
×
10
8
s
–1
T
–1
{

} First radiation constant 3.74177107
×
10
–16
W m
2
{

} Second radiation constant 1.4387752
×
10
–2
m K
{


} Conductance quantum 7.748091696
×
10
–5
S
Reference: Peter J.Mohr and Barry N.Taylor, CODATA Recommended Values of
the Fundamental Physical Constants: 1998, Journal of Physical and Chemical
Reference Data,Vol.28, No.6,1999 and Reviews of Modern Physics,Vol.72,
No.2, 2000.

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1. Position your cursor where you want the constant inserted.
2. Press
º Ü
to display the physics constant menu.
3. Press
Õ Ö × Ø
(Or, you can press
º Ü
to access
next page, one page at a time) to scroll through the menu until the constant
you want is underlined, then press
Ï
to insert a constant.
Conversion Functions
There are four types of conversions: coordinate (polar/rectangular), angular
(degrees/radians), time (decimal/minutes–seconds), and unit (cm/in, °C/°F, l/gal,
Kg/lb).