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Foot (US Survey)
The US survey foot is a unit of length used historically in the United States for land surveying and mapping. It is defined as exactly 1200/3937 meters, which is approximately 0.3048006096 meters. This makes it very slightly longer than the international foot, which is exactly 0.3048 meters.
The US survey foot was established to maintain consistency with earlier land surveys and legal descriptions in the U.S. It was used extensively in the Public Land Survey System and other cadastral surveys.
Key points:
1 US survey foot = 1200/3937 meters ≈ 0.3048006096 meters
Slightly longer than the international foot by about 0.0006 millimeters
Used primarily in land surveying and legal documents
As of recent years, the US has been phasing out the US survey foot in favor of the international foot for standardization.
Though nearly identical to the international foot, the US survey foot remains important for understanding older land records and measurements.
Classical Electron Radius
The classical electron radius is a theoretical length scale associated with the electron, derived from classical electromagnetism. It represents the size of a hypothetical sphere where the electron’s electrostatic energy equals its rest mass energy.
Its value is approximately 2.818 × 10⁻¹⁵ meters (about 2.8 femtometers).
Calculated using fundamental constants: the electron charge, mass, and the speed of light.
It is not the actual physical size of the electron (which is considered point-like in quantum mechanics), but a useful scale in classical physics.
Used in scattering theory and classical electron models.
Key facts:
Classical electron radius ≈ 2.818 × 10⁻¹⁵ m
Represents an electromagnetic length scale, not a physical size
Important in classical models of electron behavior
This radius helps bridge classical and quantum views of particle physics.
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