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Temperature Chart

Exp

Decade of temperature in kelvins

Examples

 

0 K

Absolute zero

–12

1 pK

100 pK lowest temperature ever achieved in the laboratory

–9

1 nK

 

–6

1 μK

 

–3

1 mK

 

0

1 K

4.22 K boiling point of helium

1

10 K

68 K mean temperature of Uranus
90 K boiling point of oxygen

2

100 K

183.75 K (–89.4 °C) coldest temperature recorded on Earth,
273.15 K (0 °C) melting point of water,
about 293 K room temperature,
373.15 K (100 °C) boiling point of water

3

1000 K (1 kK)

1808 K melting point of iron
5780 K surface temperature of the Sun

4

10,000 K

 

5

100,000 K

 

6

106 K (1 MK)

13.6 MK temperature of the Sun's core

9

109 K (1 GK)

 

12

1012 K (1 TK)

temperature shortly after Big Bang

32

1032 K

1.4 × 1032 K theoretical Planck temperature

 

 

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