initializePhysicalC​onstants.m

Creates a structure containing important physical constants (R, k, N_a, g, etc.)

initializePhysicalConstants.m loads important physical constants into
the structure CONSTS. The CONSTS structure will contain both values
(accessible by CONSTS.var_name), and descriptive information
(CONSTS.desc.var_name.[Name, Units, Value]).
EXAMPLE USAGE:

% What are the units of the unversal gas constant?
CONSTS.desc.R
ans =
Name: 'Gas Constant'
Units: 'J K^-1 mol^-1'
Value: 8.3140

% Atoms in 10 grams of oxygen:
V = 1; %L
P = 1; % atm
T = CONSTS.T_o + 20; % K
nMols = P*V / (CONSTS.R*T)
nMols =
4.1030e-004
% How may atoms?
nAtoms = nMols * CONSTS.N_a
nAtoms =
2.4708e+020

This program can be vastly improved; I'm happy to do so if people
actually use it. (for example: more constants, database functionality,
embedded dimensional information...) Just send me an email (see my
webpage.)

Created: Rob Chambers
http://www.stanford.edu/~robc1
8/16/20007

Free to use or modify, just keep my reference info intact.