absolute temperature Comparison Table

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absolute temperature comparison table

Subject is a kind of has definition

temperature quantity A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a system.

absolute temperature temperature Temperature measured on the Kelvin scale: 0 Kelvin = -273.15 ° Celsius. Absolute temperature is directly related to (kinetic) energy via the equation E = k_BT, where k_B is Boltzmann's constant. So, a temperature of 0 K corresponds to zero energy, and room temperature, 300 K = 27 °C, corresponds to an energy of 0.025 eV.

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
temperature	quantity	A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of a system.
absolute temperature	temperature	Temperature measured on the Kelvin scale: 0 Kelvin = -273.15 ° Celsius. Absolute temperature is directly related to (kinetic) energy via the equation E = k_BT, where k_B is Boltzmann's constant. So, a temperature of 0 K corresponds to zero energy, and room temperature, 300 K = 27 °C, corresponds to an energy of 0.025 eV.

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