Input interpretation
greenhouse gases | boiling point
Summary
median | -2 °C highest | 99.9839 °C (water) lowest | -161.48 °C (methane) distribution |
Distribution plots
(boiling point in degrees Celsius)
Boiling point rankings
1 | methane | -161.48 °C 2 | tetrafluoromethane | -130 °C 3 | nitrous oxide | -88 °C 4 | carbon dioxide | -78.5 °C 5 | bromotrifluoromethane | -57.8 °C 6 | 1, 1, 1-trifluoroethane | -50 °C 7 | pentafluoroethane | -48.5 °C 8 | dichlorodifluoromethane | -29.8 °C 9 | methyl chloride | -24.09 °C 10 | 1-chloro-1, 1-difluoroethane | -10 °C ⋮ | | 11 | perfluorobutane | -2 °C 12 | 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3-hexafluoropropane | 0.8 °C 13 | 1, 1, 1, 3, 3-pentafluoropropane | 8 °C 14 | trichlorofluoromethane | 23.7 °C 15 | 2, 2-dichloro-1, 1, 1-trifluoroethane | 27 °C 16 | methylene chloride | 39.9 °C 17 | 1, 2-dibromotetrafluoroethane | 47 °C 18 | perfluorohexane | 59 °C 19 | 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane | 75 °C 20 | carbon tetrachloride | 76.5 °C 21 | water | 99.9839 °C
Unit conversions for median boiling point -2 °C
≈ 271 K (kelvins)
≈ 28 °F (degrees Fahrenheit)
≈ 488 °R (degrees Rankine)
≈ -2 °Ré (degrees Réaumur)
≈ 6 °Rø (degrees Rømer)
Comparison for median boiling point -2 °C
17 °C below temperature at STP (standard temperature and pressure), using the convention of European and South American natural gas companies (15 °C)
2 °C below temperature at STP (standard temperature and pressure), using the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry convention (0 °C)
16 °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: | 307 W/m^2 (watts per square meter)
Approximate luminous exitance from a planar blackbody radiator perpendicular to its surface: | 1.8×10^-24 lx (lux)