Engineering Electrodynamics

Appendix

A.I Basic Quantities, Units, and Physical Constants

Table A.1 Units of Measurement of Selected Quantities, in SI System (Legally Approved)

A.I.1 More Important Physical Constants

Propagation velocity of electromagnetic wave in vacuum c_o = (2.997930 ± 0.000003) 10⁸ m/s

Acceleration due to gravity in normal conditions g_n = 9.80665 m/s²

Electric constant, permittivity of vacuum eo=(8.85416±0.00018)10−12 F/m=1/μ0c02=1/(4π⋅9)10−9F/m

Magnetic constant, magnetic permeability of vacuum μ₀ = 4π × 10⁻⁷ H/m = 1.25664 × 10⁻⁶ H/m

A.II Fundamental Formulae of Vector Calculus

A.II.1 Systems of Coordinates

A.II.1.1 System of Rectangular (Cartesian) ...