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Comparison of temperature scales

Comparison of temperature scales
Comment Kelvin Celsius Fahrenheit Rankine Delisle Newton Réaumur Rømer Environment
Absolute zero 0 −273.15 −459.67 0 559.725 −90.14 −218.52 −135.90375 −546.3
Lowest recorded surface temperature on Earth
(Vostok, Antarctica - July 21, 1983)
184 −89 −128.2 331.47 283.5 −29.37 −71.2 −39.225 −178
Fahrenheit's ice/salt mixture 255.37 −17.78 0 459.67 176.67 −5.87 −14.22 −1.83 −35.56
Ice melts (at standard pressure) 273.15 0 32 491.67 150 0 0 7.5 0
Average surface temperature on Earth 288 15 59 518.67 127.5 4.95 12 15.375 30
Average human body temperature ¹ 309.95 36.8 98.24 557.91 94.8 12.144 29.44 26.82 73.6
Highest recorded surface temperature on Earth
(Al 'Aziziyah, Libya - September 13, 1922)
331 58 136.4 596.07 63 19.14 46.4 37.95 116
Water boils (at standard pressure) 373.1339 99.9839 211.97102 671.64102 0 33 80 60 199.9678
Titanium melts 1941 1668 3034 3494 −2352 550 1334 883 3336
The surface of the Sun 5800 5526 9980 10440 −8140 1823 4421 2909 11052

¹ Normal human body temperature is 36.8 °C ±0.7 °C, or 98.2 °F ±1.3 °F. The commonly given value 98.6 °F is simply the exact conversion of the nineteenth-century German standard of 37 °C. Since it does not list an acceptable range, it could therefore be said to have excess (invalid) precision. Here's a list of various measurements.
Some numbers in this table have been rounded off. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero—the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance—is defined as zero kelvin (0 K). ... Celsius is, or relates to, the Celsius temperature scale (previously known as the centigrade scale). ... Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724. ... See Rankine cycle for the idealized thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine. ... The Delisle scale is a temperature scale invented in 1732 by the French astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688–1768). ... Around 1700, Isaac Newton (1642–1727) applied his mind to the problem of heat. ... The degree Réaumur is a unit of temperature named after René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, who first proposed it in 1731. ... Rømer is a disused temperature scale named after the Danish astronomer Ole Christensen Rømer, who proposed it in 1701. ... Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder, and no heat energy remains in a substance. ... Vostok, Antarctica is a Russian research station located near the Geomagnetic South Pole (see South Pole), at the center of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In chemistry and other sciences, STP or standard temperature and pressure is a standard set of conditions for experimental measurements, to enable comparisons to be made between sets of data. ... Al Aziziyah is one of the municipalities of Libya, located in the north of the country. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... In chemistry and other sciences, STP or standard temperature and pressure is a standard set of conditions for experimental measurements, to enable comparisons to be made between sets of data. ... General Name, Symbol, Number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 47. ... The photosphere of an astronomical object is the region at which the optical depth becomes one for a photon of wavelength equal to 5000 angstroms. ...



 
 

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