General Data WWW Resources

• Constants and Parameters
  • Astrophysical Constants and Parameters (Rev. Part. Phys., 2006, pdf file)
  • Physical Constants (Rev. Part. Phys., 2005, pdf file)
  • Cosmological Parameters (Rev. Part. Phys., 2006,pdf file)
  • Latest values of the constants (CODATA, 2002)
• Units
  • The International System of Units (SI) (NIST, Barry N. Taylor, ed.)
  • Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry, 3rd edition (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 2005, pdf file)
  • International System of Units (Rev. Part. Phys., pdf file)
  • NIST Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
  • Unit Conversions (FU Berlin, Germany)
  • Unit Conversion Factors (Washington State Department of Transportation, US custom and SI units)
  • Unit Conversion (Java must be enabled in your browser)
• Fundamental particles
  • Particle Data Group Live (Rev. Part. Phys., pdgLive, browses database)
  • Review of Particle Physics (Summary tables, plots, particle listings)
  • SLAC Library (Online Particle Physics Information)
• Periodic Table
  • WebElements Periodic Table (Interactive)
  • Chemicool Periodic Table (Interactive)
  • NIST Periodic Table (pdf file)
• Nuclides
  • Interactive Chart of Nuclides (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
  • Map of Nuclides (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
• Miscellaneous
  • National Nuclear Data Center (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
  • NIST Online Scientific Databases
  • NIST Physical Reference Data
  • Definitions of Quantities used in Radiation Theory (pdf file)
  • Intute (Physical Sciences Information Gateway)

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