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Constants

The constant values used by NAMD are:
Symbol Value Name
$K_{\text{b}}$ 1.987191 $\times$ 10-3 kcal/(mol$\cdot$K) Boltzman's constant
$N_{\text{a}}$ 6.022045 $\times$ 1023 1/mol Avogadro's number
C 332.0636 kcal$\cdot$Å/(mol$\cdot$e2) Coulomb's constant
e 1.6021892 coulombs electron charge
$\pi$ 3.1415926535898 pi



David Hardy
1998-09-06