Fahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvini.imgur.comimage Gollum ( @genfood@feddit.de ) Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 9 months ago message-square27fedilinkarrow-up1385
arrow-up1385imageFahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvini.imgur.com Gollum ( @genfood@feddit.de ) Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 9 months ago message-square27fedilink
minus-square perviouslyiner ( @perviouslyiner@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoThankfully that has been redefined using the Boltzmann constant, so now anyone in the universe can agree on °C and K without needing to measure any Vienna standard ocean water.
minus-square _MusicJunkie ( @_MusicJunkie@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoI was going to make a joke about how Austria is landlocked, how did we come up with the idea of making an ocean water standard. Apparently the IAEA which is headquartered here set that standard, for anyone else curious.
Thankfully that has been redefined using the Boltzmann constant, so now anyone in the universe can agree on °C and K without needing to measure any Vienna standard ocean water.
I was going to make a joke about how Austria is landlocked, how did we come up with the idea of making an ocean water standard.
Apparently the IAEA which is headquartered here set that standard, for anyone else curious.