Input interpretation
monoprotic acids | melting point
Summary
median | -1.35 °C highest | 123 °C (benzoic acid) lowest | -114 °C (ethanol) distribution | | (based on 18 values; 2 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
isothiocyanic acid | hypochlorous acid (total: 2)
Distribution plots
(melting point in degrees Celsius)
Melting point rankings
1 | ethanol | -114 °C 2 | perchloric acid | -112 °C 3 | hydroiodic acid | -50 °C 4 | nitric acid | -41.6 °C 5 | hydrofluoric acid | -36.7 °C 6 | hydrochloric acid | -30 °C 7 | trifluoroacetic acid | -15 °C 8 | hydrogen cyanide | -13.4 °C 9 | hydrobromic acid | -11 °C 10 | formic acid | 8.3 °C 11 | acetic acid | 16.2 °C 12 | methanesulfonic acid | 18 °C 13 | fluoroacetic acid | 35.2 °C 14 | trifluoromethanesulfonic acid | 35 °C 15 | phenol | 40.89 °C 16 | chloroacetic acid | 61.5 °C 17 | iodic acid | 110 °C 18 | benzoic acid | 123 °C (based on 18 values; 2 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median melting point -1.35 °C
271.8 K (kelvins)
29.57 °F (degrees Fahrenheit)
489.2 °R (degrees Rankine)
-1.08 °Ré (degrees Réaumur)
6.791 °Rø (degrees Rømer)
Comparison for median melting point -1.35 °C
16.35 °C below temperature at STP (standard temperature and pressure), using the convention of European and South American natural gas companies (15 °C)
1.35 °C below temperature at STP (standard temperature and pressure), using the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry convention (0 °C)
16.43 °C above temperature of the ice/salt mixture defining the zero point of the Fahrenheit temperature scale (0 °F)
Corresponding quantities
Thermodynamic energy E from E = kT: | 23 meV (millielectronvolts)
Blackbody energy flux Φ from Φ = σT^4: | 309 W/m^2 (watts per square meter)
Approximate luminous exitance from a planar blackbody radiator perpendicular to its surface: | 2.2×10^-24 lx (lux)