https://xkcd.com/2877

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Hypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.

  • psud@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Never. Rankine increases faster than Celcius, so the two will never cross

    • Rankine starts at zero
    • Celsius starts at -273.15°
    • Rankine at room temperature 527.67
    • Celcius at room temperature 20

    Those lines do not cross

    • threelonmusketeers
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      11 months ago

      Huh, so the lines do cross, just at a pysically impossible temperature of -614.5875. Neat!