Input interpretation
mercury | melting point
Result
-38.83 °C (degrees Celsius)
Unit conversions
234.32 K (kelvins)
-37.89 °F (degrees Fahrenheit)
421.78 °R (degrees Rankine)
-31.06 °Ré (degrees Réaumur)
-12.89 °Rø (degrees Rømer)
Comparisons as temperature
21.05 °C below temperature of the ice/salt mixture defining the zero point of the Fahrenheit temperature scale (0 °F)
1.2 °C above Celsius/Fahrenheit crossover temperature (-40 °C)
39.17 °C above boiling point of dry ice-acetone slurry (-78 °C)
Corresponding quantities
Thermodynamic energy E from E = kT: | 20 meV (millielectronvolts)
Blackbody energy flux Φ from Φ = σT^4: | 171 W/m^2 (watts per square meter)
Approximate luminous exitance from a planar blackbody radiator perpendicular to its surface: | 2.5×10^-29 lx (lux)
Thermodynamic properties
phase at STP | liquid melting point | -38.83 °C (rank: 91st) boiling point | 356.73 °C (rank: 80th) critical temperature | 1750 K (rank: 7th) critical pressure | 172 MPa (rank: 1st) molar heat of fusion | 2.29 kJ/mol (rank: 80th) molar heat of vaporization | 59.2 kJ/mol (rank: 75th) specific heat at STP | 139.5 J/(kg K) (rank: 72nd) (properties at standard conditions)