Input interpretation
mercury potassium iodide | melting point
Result
-38.9 °C (degrees Celsius)
Unit conversions
234.2 K (kelvins)
-38 °F (degrees Fahrenheit)
421.7 °R (degrees Rankine)
-31.1 °Ré (degrees Réaumur)
-12.9 °Rø (degrees Rømer)
Comparisons as temperature
21.1 °C below temperature of the ice/salt mixture defining the zero point of the Fahrenheit temperature scale (0 °F)
1 °C above Celsius/Fahrenheit crossover temperature (-40 °C)
39.1 °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)