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:<math> =8.617 343(15) \times 10^{-5}</math>  <math>\left.eV\right.</math> <math>\left.K^{-1}\right.</math>
::<math> =8.617 343(15) \times 10^{-5}</math>  <math>\left.eV\right.</math> <math>\left.K^{-1}\right.</math>

Revision as of 15:49, 23 February 2007

The Boltzmann constant ( or ) is the physical constant relating temperature to energy.

It is named after the Austrian physicist Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann. Its experimentally determined value (in SI units, 2002 CODATA value) is: