The temperature of boiling water is 100 K lower than the temperature of a hot oven. Selected basis: approximate values.
Celsius and Fahrenheit zero points are offsets. Compare temperature differences, not ratios in °C or °F. The kelvin axis starts at absolute zero.
100 °C - Temperature; defined reference.
Boiling water is water heated until it changes rapidly from liquid to steam at standard atmospheric pressure.
Fresh water at approximately one standard atmosphere. Altitude and pressure change the boiling point.
Defined examples — our methodology200 °C - Temperature; defined reference.
A hot oven is a kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting food at elevated temperatures.
A defined 200 °C oven setting; air and food temperatures are different.
Defined examples — our methodology
There’s always another scale
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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