100 kelvin
-173.1 °CTemperature · definition
Celsius and Fahrenheit have shifted zero points. Differences are useful; “twice as hot” in °C or °F is not a physical temperature ratio.
Temperature
Just how hot is 100 kelvin?
Below freezing
100 K
100 kelvin
Celsius and Fahrenheit have shifted zero points.
-173.1 °CTemperature
0 K · absolute zero
Boiling nitrogen
Boiling nitrogen is nitrogen gas produced when liquid nitrogen is heated at normal atmospheric pressure.
77.36 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.
A little perspective
100 kelvin is 22.64 K higher than the temperature of boiling nitrogen.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
100 kelvin
Temperature: -173.1 °C; definition.
Celsius and Fahrenheit have shifted zero points. Differences are useful; “twice as hot” in °C or °F is not a physical temperature ratio.
Boiling nitrogen
Temperature: 77.36 K; approximate.
Approximate normal boiling point at one atmosphere.
NIST Chemistry WebBook — Nitrogen phase data
The marked temperature is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
Compare 100 kelvin with the temperature of boiling nitrogen. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
Boiling nitrogen
77.36 KTemperature · approximate
Approximate normal boiling point at one atmosphere.
- Comparing
- Temperature ↔ Temperature
- Relative size
- We compare temperatures using a difference in kelvins, not a ratio.
How to read the visual
The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.
- The temperature of boiling nitrogen: This is an estimate; check the notes for its rounding and uncertainty.
Compare temperature differences in kelvins; Celsius and Fahrenheit ratios are not meaningful.
-173.15 °Cdegrees Celsius
-279.67 °Fdegrees Fahrenheit
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