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Table: Temperature Scale Comparison for Notable Temperature States
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Notable Temperature Kelvin (K) Celsius (C) Fahrenheit (F) Reference/Comment
State
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absolute zero 0 -273.15 NOT worth knowing A
coincidence 233.15 -40 -40 either way it's cold
water freezing 273.15 0 32 A/standard pressure
average Earth surface 288 ∼ 15 ∼ 59 A
human warmish 300 26.85 80.33
average human body 310 ∼ 37 ∼ 98 A
water boiling 373.1339 99.9839 211.97102 A/standard pressure
water boiling rounded 373 100 212
iron melting 1811 1538 who cares Wikipedia: Iron
iron boiling 3134 2862 " Wikipedia: Iron
solar photosphere 5772 who cares " B
Sun center 15.7(2)*10**6 " " C
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Notes:
- A =
Wikipedia:
Conversion of units of temperature: Comparison of temperature scales.
- B = NASA:
Sun Fact Sheet/stellar effective temperature:
The solar photosphere is that layer of the
Sun from which
photons can escape to infinity.
It has a sort of average temperature
called the
effective temperature.
- C= Wikipeda:
Standard solar model: Core temperature prediction.
The central temperature
of the Sun is NOT a direct observable.
The value shown combines
information from the
standard solar model
and
the solar neutrino
flux which
is a direct observable of
solar core's
neutrino production.
- As temperatures
increase in size, the difference between
the Kelvin scale
and the Celsius scale
effectively vanishes.
For example, 10**6 K and 10**6 C are usually the same to within error.
- For more details on
temperature and the
Kelvin scale, see
an Exposition on the Kelvin or Absolute Scale.
- In yours truly's, we should just drop
Fahrenheit
and
Celsius scale
altogether and just use the
Kelvin scale
all the time.
This is
my crank idea.
But no one ever listens to me.
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