Boiling water
Boiling water is water heated until it changes rapidly from liquid to steam at standard atmospheric pressure.
100 °CTemperatureEveryday quantities
Boiling water vs Hot oven
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
Hot oven
A hot oven is a kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting food at elevated temperatures.
200 °CTemperatureBoiling water is 100 K cooler than Hot oven.
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Boiling water100 °CTemperature
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Hot oven200 °CTemperature
Celsius and Fahrenheit zero points are offsets. Compare temperature differences, not ratios in °C or °F. The kelvin axis starts at absolute zero.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Boiling water
Fresh water at approximately one standard atmosphere. Altitude and pressure change the boiling point.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked temperature is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Hot oven
A defined 200 °C oven setting; air and food temperatures are different.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked temperature is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares temperature with temperature. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Boiling water
100 °CTemperature · defined reference
Fresh water at approximately one standard atmosphere. Altitude and pressure change the boiling point.
Hot oven
200 °CTemperature · defined reference
A defined 200 °C oven setting; air and food temperatures are different.
- Comparing
- Temperature ↔ Temperature
- Relative size
- Temperature comparisons use an absolute difference in kelvins rather than a multiplicative ratio.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Boiling water is labelled defined reference; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
- Hot oven is labelled defined reference; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
TemperatureBoiling water100 °CBoiling water is water heated until it changes rapidly from liquid to steam at standard atmospheric pressure.TemperatureHot oven200 °CA hot oven is a kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting food at elevated temperatures.TemperatureAbsolute zero0 KAbsolute zero is the lowest temperature permitted by thermodynamics, where a system has the least thermal energy available to it.TemperatureRoom temperature20 °CRoom temperature describes indoor air conditions generally considered comfortable for people and suitable for ordinary activities.
SpaceSun1,391,000 kmThe Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System.
Fundamental physicsPlanck temperature1.417 × 10³² KThe Planck temperature is a theoretical temperature scale at which quantum gravitational effects are expected to become important.Side by side
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