Input interpretation
alkyl halides | speed of light
Summary
median | 2.119×10^8 m/s highest | 2.99664×10^8 m/s (fluoroform) lowest | 1.831×10^8 m/s (1, 1, 2, 2-tetrabromoethane) distribution |
Units
Distribution plots
(speed of light in millions of meters per second)
Speed of light rankings
1 | 1, 1, 2, 2-tetrabromoethane | 1.831×10^8 m/s 2 | bromoform | 1.88×10^8 m/s 3 | carbon tetrabromide | 1.8805×10^8 m/s 4 | 1, 1-dibromoethane | 1.987×10^8 m/s 5 | sym-tetrachloroethane | 2.007×10^8 m/s 6 | carbon tetrachloride | 2.053×10^8 m/s 7 | chloroform | 2.075×10^8 m/s 8 | methyl bromide | 2.0773×10^8 m/s 9 | 2-bromobutane | 2.086×10^8 m/s 10 | 1-bromopropane | 2.091×10^8 m/s 11 | sec-butyl chloride | 2.148×10^8 m/s 12 | 1-chloropropane | 2.16×10^8 m/s 13 | 1-fluorohexane | 2.18×10^8 m/s 14 | methyl chloride | 2.2391×10^8 m/s 15 | fluoromethane | 2.2775×10^8 m/s 16 | ethyl fluoride | 2.3003×10^8 m/s 17 | difluoroethane | 2.3041×10^8 m/s 18 | 1, 1, 2, 2-tetrafluoroethane | 2.4263×10^8 m/s 19 | tetrafluoromethane | 2.694×10^8 m/s 20 | fluoroform | 2.99664×10^8 m/s
Unit conversions for median speed of light 2.119×10^8 m/s
211906 km/s (kilometers per second)
4.74×10^8 mph (miles per hour)
131672 mi/s (miles per second)
0.7068 c (speed of light)
Comparison for median speed of light 2.119×10^8 m/s
≈ 1.7 × speed of light in diamond ( ≈ 1.24×10^8 m/s )
Corresponding quantities
Time to travel 1 meter from t = d/v: | 4.7 ns (nanoseconds)
Time to travel 1 kilometer from t = d/v: | 4.7 µs (microseconds)
Relativistic factor γ from γ = (1 - v^2/c^2)^(-1/2): | 1.4