Orders of magnitude (temperature)

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Temperature in °C compared to the thermodynamic scale in electron volts, which are also used as a unit of temperature

List of orders of magnitude for temperature

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Factor Multiple Item
0 0 K
10−12
1 pK
  • 38+6
    −7
     pK, lowest laboratory-produced temperature, achieved through matter-wave lensing of rubidium Bose-Einstein condensates.[3]
  • 450 pK, lowest temperature sodium Bose–Einstein condensate gas ever achieved in the laboratory, at MIT[4]
10−9
1 nK
10−6
1 μK
10−3
1 mK
1
1 K
101 10 K
102 100 K

See detailed list below

103
1 kK
104 10 kK
106
1 MK
109
1 GK
1012
1 TK
1015
1 PK
1018
1 EK
1021
1 ZK
1024
1 YK
1027
1 RK
  • Everything 10−35 seconds after the Big Bang
1030
1 QK
1032
100 QK
10290
10260 QK

Detailed list for 100 K to 1000 K

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Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude. Circumstances where water naturally occurs in liquid form are shown in light grey.

Kelvin Degrees
Celsius
Degrees
Fahrenheit
Condition
100 K −173.15 °C −279.67 °F
133 K −140 °C −220 °F
133 K to 163 K −140 to −110 °C −220 to −160 °F
163 K −110 °C −166 °F
165 K −108 °C −163 °F
  • Glass transition temperature of supercooled water (Debatable)[18]
175.4 K −97.8 °C −144 °F
  • Coldest luminance temperature recorded on Earth (measured remotely by satellite), in Antarctica[19]
183.7 K −89.5 °C −129.1 °F
183.9 K −89.2 °C −128.6 °F
192 K −81 °C −114 °F
193 to 203 K −80 to −70 °C −112 to −94 °F
194.6 K −78.5 °C −109.3 °F
203.55 K −69.6 °C −93.3 °F Coldest officially recorded air temperature in the Northern Hemisphere at Klinck AWS, Greenland (Denmark) on 1991-12-22[21]
205.5 K −67.7 °C −89.9 °F Coldest officially recorded air temperature on the Eurasian continent at Oymyakon, USSR on 6 February 1933[22][full citation needed]
210 K −63 °C −80 °F
214.9 K –58.3 °C –72.9 °F
223.15 K −50 °C −58 °F
224.8 K −48.4 °C −55.0 °F
  • Coldest temperature that water can remain a liquid (see Supercooling)
225 K −48 °C −55 °F
233.15 K −40 °C −40 °F
234.3 K −38.83 °C −37.89 °F
240.4 K −32.8 °C −27.0 °F
  • Coldest air temperature recorded in South America, at Sarmiento, Argentina on 1907-06-01[27]
246 K −27 °C −17 °F
249 K –24 °C –11 °F
249.3 K –23.9 °C –11.0 °F
  • Coldest air temperature recorded in Africa, at Ifrane, Morocco on 11 February 1935[27]
250 K –23 °C –9 °F
255.37 K 17+79 °C 0 °F
255 K –18 °C 0 °F
256 K –17 °C 1 °F
256 K –17 °C 2 °F
257 K –16 °C 3 °F
262 K −11 °C 12 °F
263.15 K –10 °C 14 °F
265 K –8 °C 18 °F
265.8 K –7.2 °C 19 °F
267 K –6 °C 21 °F
271.15 K −2 °C 28.4 °F
273.14 K -0.01 °C 31.98 °F
  • Maximum temperature of an object causing frostbite
273.15 K 0.00 °C 32.00 °F
  • Freezing/melting point of fresh water (at 1 atm pressure)
273.16 K 0.01 °C 32.02 °F
276 K 3 °C 37 °F
277 K 3.85 °C 39 °F
277.13 K 3.98 °C 39.16 °F
279.8 K 6.67 °C 44 °F
  • Threshold of skin numbness if skin reaches this temperature
283.2 K 10 °C 50 °F
286.9 K 12.7 °C 54.9 °F
287.6 K 14.44 °C 58 °F
288 K 15 °C 59 °F
  • Mean on Earth
291.6 K 18.4 °C 65.1 °F
294 K 21 °C 70 °F
296 K 23 °C 73 °F
297 K 24 °C 75 °F
298 K 25 °C 77 °F
300 K 27 °C 81 °F
  • Thermoneutral temperature of an unclothed human at rest[38][39]
  • Estimated melting/freezing point of francium
302.9 K 29.8 °C 85.6 °F
303.15 K 30 °C 86 °F
  • The rate of plant growth is typically no greater above this temperature than at this temperature. (see Growing degree-day)
304 K 31 °C 88 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of butter, critical point for carbon dioxide
307 K 34 °C 93 °F
307.6 K 34.4 °C 93.9 °F
308 K 35 °C 95 °F
309.5 K 36.4 °C 97.5 °F
311.03 K 37.87 °C 100.2 °F
  • Beginnings of a fever for humans
311.8 K 38.6 °C 101.5 °F
313.15 K 40 °C 104 °F
315 K 42 °C 108 °F
  • Usually fatal human fever
317.6 K 44.44 °C 112 °F
319.7 K 46.5 °C 115.7 °F
321.45 K 48.3 °C 119 °F World's hottest air temperature recorded while raining, at Imperial, California, USA on July 24, 2018[44]
322.1 K 48.9 °C 120.0 °F
  • Hottest air temperature recorded in South America, at Rivadavia, Argentina on 1905-12-11[27]
  • Maximum safe temperature for hot water according to numeric U.S. plumbing codes[45]
  • Water will cause a second-degree burn after 8 minutes and a third-degree burn after 10 minutes[45]
323.9 K 50.7 °C 123.3 °F
329.87 K 56.7 °C 134.1 °F
333.15 K 60 °C 140 °F
  • Water will cause a second-degree burn in 3 seconds and a third-degree burn in 5 seconds[45]
  • Average temperature of a hair dryer
336 K 63 °C 145.4 °F
342 K 69 °C 157 °F
343.15 K 70 °C 158 °F
350 K 77 °C 170 °F
351.52 K 78.37 °C 173.07 °F
353.15 K 80 °C 176 °F
  • Average temperature of a sauna
355 K 82 °C 180 °F
355.6 K 82.4 °C 180.3 °F
366 K 93 °C 200 °F
367 K 94 °C 201 °F
371 K 98 °C 209 °F
  • Freezing/melting point of sodium
373.13 K 99.98 °C 211.97 °F
  • Boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure (see Celsius)
380 K 107 °C 225 °F
388 K 115 °C 239 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of sulfur
400 K 127 °C 260 °F
433.15 K 160 °C 320 °F
450 K 177 °C 350 °F
453.15 K 180 °C 356 °F
483 K 210 °C 410 °F
491 K 218 °C 425 °F
519 K 246 °C 475 °F
522 K 249 °C 480 °F
525 K 252 °C 485 °F
538 K 265 °C 510 °F
  • Smoke point of refined safflower oil
574.5875 K 301.4375 °C 574.5875 °F
600.65 K 327.5 °C 621.5 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of lead
647 K 374 °C 705 °F
  • Critical point of superheated water
693 K 419 °C 787 °F
  • Melting/freezing point of zinc
723.15 K 450 °C 842 °F
738 K 465 °C 870 °F
749 K 476 °C 889 °F
773.15 K 500 °C 932 °F
  • Oven on self-cleaning mode
798 K 525 °C 977 °F
858 K 585 °C 1085 °F Kindling point of hydrogen[54]
933.47 K 660.32 °C 1220.58 °F
1000 K 726.85 °C 1340.33 °F

SI multiples

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SI multiples of kelvin (K)
Submultiples Multiples
Value SI symbol Name Value SI symbol Name
10−1 K dK decikelvin 101 K daK decakelvin
10−2 K cK centikelvin 102 K hK hectokelvin
10−3 K mK millikelvin 103 K kK kilokelvin
10−6 K μK microkelvin 106 K MK megakelvin
10−9 K nK nanokelvin 109 K GK gigakelvin
10−12 K pK picokelvin 1012 K TK terakelvin
10−15 K fK femtokelvin 1015 K PK petakelvin
10−18 K aK attokelvin 1018 K EK exakelvin
10−21 K zK zeptokelvin 1021 K ZK zettakelvin
10−24 K yK yoctokelvin 1024 K YK yottakelvin
10−27 K rK rontokelvin 1027 K RK ronnakelvin
10−30 K qK quectokelvin 1030 K QK quettakelvin

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