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It's not like using Kelvin or Celsius helps you grasp these temperatures. -173C is very, very cold, but how cold? What can you compare it to? Not many humans ha
by usrnm 2y ago
It's not like using Kelvin or Celsius helps you grasp these temperatures. -173C is very, very cold, but how cold? What can you compare it to? Not many humans have any experience with something of this scale
- alwayslikethis 2y agoLiquid nitrogen (boiling at -196 C) is a semi-common substance that people would have heard of, though not everyone would have seen or interacted with it.
- mncharity 2y agoThat's the example Copilot used when asked to make a list of temperatures in 50 C steps with an example or two of something around that temperature that people might have heard of. Also cryogenic freezing of biological samples.
- inetknght 2y agoI've seen liquid nitrogen, briefly, as it was sprayed out of a hose. It immediately boiled into a (quite cold) gas, of course. I was told not to play with it too much because they would have to evacuate the building. Oh the joys of "bring your kid to work" days in manufacturing facilities
- Vilian 2y agoYou compare to 0 kelvin, you know where it's on the Celsius scale, not on F
- mordechai9000 2y agoMaybe the Rankine temperature could be provided, as well.
- NikolaNovak 2y agoFair, but in Celsius or Kelvin I know how close it is to absolute zero. In Fahrenheit I have no idea!
- wnoise 2y agoGot it, I should use Rankine.
- kiicia 2y ago-173C is just twice your typical winter in Yakutia