Temperature
Examples
For Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water at one standard atmosphere (101.325 kPa) when calibrated strictly per the two-point definition of thermodynamic temperature.

Temperature

Section Title: Examples
Table Section Text: For Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water at one standard atmosphere (101.325 kPa) when calibrated strictly per the two-point definition of thermodynamic temperature.

Temperature	Peak emittance wavelength of black-body radiation

Kelvin	Celsius

Absolute zero (precisely by definition)	0 K	−273.15 °C	cannot be defined

Coldest temperature achieved	100 pK	−273.149999999900 °C	29000 km

Coldest Bose–Einstein condensate	450 pK	−273.14999999955 °C	6400 km

One millikelvin (precisely by definition)	0.001 K	−273.149 °C	2.89777 m (radio, FM band)

Cosmic microwave background (2013 measurement)	2.7260 K	−270.424 °C	0.00106301 m (millimeter-wavelength microwave)

Water triple point (precisely by definition)	273.16 K	0.01 °C	10608.3 nm (long-wavelength IR)

Water boiling point	373.1339 K	99.9839 °C	7766.03 nm (mid-wavelength IR)

Iron melting point	1811 K	1538 °C	1600 nm (far infrared)

Incandescent lamp	2500 K	≈2200 °C	1160 nm (near infrared)

Sun's visible surface	5778 K	5505 °C	501.5 nm (green-blue light)

Lightning bolt channel	28 kK	28000 °C	100 nm (far ultraviolet light)

Sun's core	16 MK	16 million °C	0.18 nm (X-rays)

Thermonuclear weapon (peak temperature)	350 MK	350 million °C	8.3×10−3 nm (gamma rays)

Sandia National Labs' Z machine	2 GK	2 billion °C	1.4×10−3 nm (gamma rays)

Core of a high-mass star on its last day	3 GK	3 billion °C	1×10−3 nm (gamma rays)

Merging binary neutron star system	350 GK	350 billion °C	8×10−6 nm (gamma rays)

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider	1 TK	1 trillion °C	3×10−6 nm (gamma rays)

CERN's proton vs nucleus collisions	10 TK	10 trillion °C	3×10−7 nm (gamma rays)

Universe 5.391×10−44 s after the Big Bang	1.417×1032 K (Planck temperature)	1.417×1032 °C	1.616×10−27 nm (Planck length)

Sentence(s)

The triple point of water has a temperature of 273.16 K.

final_sentence: The triple point of water has a temperature of 273.16 K.