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Hot oven vs Lava: temperature comparison

The temperature of a hot oven is 900 K lower than the temperature of lava. Selected basis: approximate values.

Hot oven
Temperature
Lava
Temperature
Scale
Hot oven
200 °CTemperature
0 K · absolute zero
Lava
1,373 KTemperature
0 K · absolute zero

Celsius and Fahrenheit zero points are offsets. Compare temperature differences, not ratios in °C or °F. The kelvin axis starts at absolute zero.

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Measurements, assumptions & sources

Hot oven

200 °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.

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Lava

1,373 K - Temperature; defined reference.

Lava is molten rock that erupts from a volcano and flows on the Earth's surface before cooling and solidifying.

A chosen 1,100 °C lava-temperature model; composition and eruption conditions vary.

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