SI unit of temperature, the absolute thermodynamic scale

0 K = absolute zero = -273.15 C, the lowest possible temperature

increments equal to Celsius degrees: a change of 1 K = a change of 1 C

defined since 2019 by fixing the Boltzmann constant at 1.380649e-23 J/K

surface of the Sun: ~5778 K

cosmic microwave background: 2.725 K

room temperature: ~293 K

named after Lord Kelvin (William Thomson)

the scale where all thermodynamic equations work directly: PV = nRT uses kelvin

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