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Merge pull request #4161 from HansOlsson/MuUnit
Fix unit for mu0.
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Modelica/Constants.mo

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// The value for mu_0 can now be expressed as 2*alpha*h/(q^2*c),
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// where alpha is the experimental fine-structure constant,
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// and the value is from https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/wall_2018.pdf
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// The current value of mu_0 is experimentally determined.
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// Before 2019 mu_0 was defined to be exactly 4*pi*1e-7 H/m.
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final constant SI.Velocity c=299792458 "Speed of light in vacuum";
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final constant SI.Acceleration g_n=9.80665
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"Standard acceleration of gravity on earth";
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"Stefan-Boltzmann constant ";
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final constant Real N_A(final unit="1/mol") = 6.02214076e23
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"Avogadro constant";
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final constant SI.Permeability mu_0 = 4*pi*1.00000000055e-7 "Magnetic constant";
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final constant SI.Permeability mu_0 = 1.25663706212e-6 "Magnetic constant";
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final constant Real epsilon_0(final unit="F/m") = 1/(mu_0*c*c)
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"Electric constant";
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final constant NonSI.Temperature_degC T_zero=-273.15

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