Triple point, of water

Temperature kelvin K Defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. 

Temperature. Temperature maybe measured on an absolute or relative scale. The two most common relative scales are the Celsius and the Fahrenheit scales. The Celsius scale is defined as 0°C at the freezing point (triple point) of water and 100°C at the boihng point. The Fahrenheit scale is arbitrarily defined by assigning it a temperature of 32 degrees at the freezing point of water and 212°F at the boihng point of water (see Temperature measurements). 

Temperatures on the ITS-90 are expressed in terms of the ratio of the resistance of the SPRT at temperature to the resistance at the triple point of water. The resistance ratio W(V is calculated as... 

From the ventilation point of view, the fixed points -38.83 °C (triple-point of mercury), 0.010 °C (triple-point of water), 29.76 °C (melting point of gallium), and 156.60 °C (freezing point of indium) are of relevance. The triple-point of water is relatively simple to achieve and maintain with a triple-point apparatus. Some freezing point cells are covered in standards. In practical temperature calibration of measuring instruments, the lTS-90 fixed points are not used directly. 

The term ff denotes the number of independent phase variables that should be specified in order to establish all of the intensive properties of each phase present. The phase variables refer to the intensive properties of the system such as temperature (T), pressure (P), composition of the mixture (e.g., mole fractions, x ), etc. As an example, consider the triple point of water at which all three phases—ice, liquid water, and water vapor—coexist in equilibrium. According to the phase rule,... 

For many purposes in chemistry, the most convenient unit of temperature is the ketvin (K) note the absence of the degree sign. The kelvin is defined to be 1/273.16 of the difference between the lowest attainable temperature (0 K) and the triple point of water (0.01°C). The relationship between temperature in K and in °C is... 

The triple point of water (Chapter 9) is the one unique temperature and pressure pair at which ice, liquid water, and water vapor can coexist in contact with one another. 

Steam tables indicate an arbitrary zero internal energy and entropy for water in its liquid state, at the triple point of water. 

These fixed points are used to calibrate a different kind of thermometer that is easier to use than a gas thermometer. Over the temperature range from 13.8033 to 1234.93 °A (or K), which is the temperature interval most commonly encountered, the thermometer used for ITS-90 is a platinum resistance thermometer. In this thermometer, the resistance of a specially wound coil of platinum wire is measured and related to temperature. More specifically, temperatures are expressed in terms of W(T9o), the ratio of the resistance R(Ttriple point of water R (273.16 K), as given in equation (1.11)... 

A triple point is a point where three phase boundaries meet on a phase diagram. For water, the triple point for the solid, liquid, and vapor phases lies at 4.6 Torr and 0.01°C (see Fig. 8.6). At this triple point, all three phases (ice, liquid, and vapor) coexist in mutual dynamic equilibrium solid is in equilibrium with liquid, liquid with vapor, and vapor with solid. The location of a triple point of a substance is a fixed property of that substance and cannot be changed by changing the conditions. The triple point of water is used to define the size of the kelvin by definition, there are exactly 273.16 kelvins between absolute zero and the triple point of water. Because the normal freezing point of water is found to lie 0.01 K below the triple point, 0°C corresponds to 273.15 K. 

Kelvin scale A fundamental scale of temperature on which the triple point of water lies at 273.16 K and the lowest attainable temperature is at 0. The unit on the Kelvin scale is the kelvin, K. ketone An organic compound containing a carbonyl group between two carbon atoms, having the form R—CO R. Example CH3—CO—CH2CH , butanone. kilogram (kg) The SI unit of mass. See also Appendix IB. 

The phase diagram for water, shown in Figure 11-39. illustrates these features for a familiar substance. The figure shows that liquid water and solid ice coexist at the normal freezing point, T = 273.15 K and P = 1.00 atm. Liquid water and water vapor coexist at the normal boiling point, P — 373.15 K and P — 1.00 atm. The triple point of water occurs at 7 = 273.16 K and P = 0.0060 atm. The figure shows that when P is lower than 0.0060 atm, there is no temperature at which water is stable as a liquid. At sufficiently low pressure, ice sublimes but does not melt. 

We wish to mention the recent proposal for a redefinition of Kelvin in terms of mechanical units through the Boltzmann constant [6-7] the Kelvin should be defined as the unit of thermodynamic temperature such that the value of the Boltzmann constant is 1.3806505 x 10 23 JK 1 exactly. Of course, this value of the Boltzmann constant should be consistent with a thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water of 273.16 K. 

In a similar way, the Systeme Internationale has defined other common physicochemical variables. The SI unit of temperature T is the kelvin. We define the kelvin as 1/273.16th part of the thermodynamic temperature difference between absolute zero (see Section 1.4) and the triple point of water, i.e. the temperature at which liquid water is at equilibrium with solid water (ice) and gaseous water (steam) provided that the pressure is 610 Pa. 

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Following an international convention [3], if we take the temperature of the triple point of water as a reference temperature (Tq) and assign it the value of 273.16 K on the absolute scale, then any other ideal gas temperature T is defined by the equation... 

A unit of thermodynamic temperature (symbolized by K) that is one of the seven SI base units. The kelvin is equal to 1/(273.16) of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. (Note Absolute zero is 0 K, and not 0°K.)... 

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