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Nuclear magneton

The nuclear magneton (symbol ), is a physical constant of magnetic moment, defined by:

where:
is the elementary charge,
is the Dirac's constant,
is the proton rest mass

In the SI system of units it's value is approximately:
= 5.050 786 6(17) × 10-27 J·T-1

See also proton magnetic moment.