Input interpretation
interstellar molecules | melting point
Summary
median | -86 °C highest | 2700 °C (silicon carbide) lowest | -259.2 °C (hydrogen) distribution | | (based on 52 values; 3 unavailable)
Entities with missing values
fulminic acid | isothiocyanic acid | potassium cyanide (total: 3)
Distribution plots
(melting point in degrees Celsius)
Melting point rankings
1 | hydrogen | -259.2 °C 2 | oxygen | -218 °C 3 | nitrogen | -210 °C 4 | carbon monoxide | -205 °C 5 | 1, 3-pentadiyne | -196 °C 6 | silane | -185 °C 7 | methane | -182.47 °C 8 | ethylene | -169 °C 9 | nitric oxide | -163.6 °C 10 | dimethyl ether | -141 °C ⋮ | | 43 | acetic acid | 16.2 °C 44 | cyanamide | 45.5 °C 45 | acetamide | 79 °C 46 | glycine | 240 °C 47 | sodium cyanide | 563.7 °C 48 | potassium chloride | 770 °C 49 | sodium chloride | 801 °C 50 | iron(II) oxide | 1360 °C 51 | silicon monoxide | 1702 °C 52 | silicon carbide | 2700 °C (based on 52 values; 3 unavailable)
Unit conversions for median melting point -86 °C
187.2 K (kelvins)
-122.8 °F (degrees Fahrenheit)
336.9 °R (degrees Rankine)
-68.8 °Ré (degrees Réaumur)
-37.65 °Rø (degrees Rømer)
Comparison for median melting point -86 °C
8 °C below boiling point of dry ice-acetone slurry (-78 °C)
7.45 °C below sublimation temperature of dry ice (carbon dioxide) (194.6 K)
8.7 °C above coldest recorded temperature on Earth (-94.7 °C)
Corresponding quantities
Thermodynamic energy E from E = kT: | 16 meV (millielectronvolts)
Blackbody energy flux Φ from Φ = σT^4: | 70 W/m^2 (watts per square meter)
Approximate luminous exitance from a planar blackbody radiator perpendicular to its surface: | 3.4×10^-38 lx (lux)