Chill out.The lowest temperature possible, absolute zero, is -459.67[degrees]F (-273.15[degrees]C), or 0 kelvin kelvin, abbr. K, official name in the International System of Units (SI) for the degree of temperature as measured on the Kelvin temperature scale. A unit of measurement of temperature. . Researchers at MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently chilled chill n. 1. A moderate but penetrating coldness. 2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin. 3. a sodium gas to the coldest temperature ever recorded--500 picokelvin. That's only one half of one billionth of a degree above absolute zero. "Nothing is naturally this cold," says Aaron Leanhardt, a scientist at MIT. How low can you go? Complete the boxes, below, to find out.
HOT CELSIUS: FAHRENHEIT:
(K - 273.15) ([degrees]C x 1.8) + 32
WATER 373.15 K 100[degrees]C ()
BOILS
HIGHEST 329.82 K () 134[degrees]F
RECORDED
U.S. TEMP.:
Death Valley, CA
WATER 273.15 K 0[degrees]C ()
FREEZES
LOWEST 183.95 K () ()
RECORDED
TEMP. ON
EARTH:
Vostok, Antarctica
AIR 75.59 K () -320[degrees]F
LIQUIFIES
AVERAGE 50 K -223[degrees]C ()
TEMP. ON
PLUTO
ABSOLUTE 0 K -273.15[degrees]C ()
ZERO
Water boils Boils Definition Boils and carbuncles are bacterial infections of hair follicles and surrounding skin that form pustules (small blister-like swellings containing pus) around the follicle. Boils are sometimes called furuncles. : 212[degrees]F Highest recorded U.S. temperature, Death Valley, California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). : 56.7[degrees]C Water freezes: 32[degrees]F Lowest recorded temperature on Earth, Vostok, Antarctica: -89.2[degrees]C; -128.6[degrees]F Air liquefies: -195.6[degrees]C Average temperature on Pluto: -369.4[degrees]F Absolute Zero: -459.7[degrees]F |
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