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  2. Temperature - Wikipedia

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    Measurement of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation from an ideal three-dimensional black body can provide an accurate temperature measurement because the frequency of maximum spectral radiance of black-body radiation is directly proportional to the temperature of the black body; this is known as Wien's displacement law and has a ...

  3. Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    With this convention, temperature is always given in units of energy, and the kelvin unit is not explicitly needed in formulas. [ 51 ] For scientific purposes, the redefinition's main advantage is in allowing more accurate measurements at very low and very high temperatures, as the techniques used depend on the Boltzmann constant.

  4. SI base unit - Wikipedia

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    The SI system after 1983, but before the 2019 revision: Dependence of base unit definitions on other base units (for example, the metre is defined as the distance travelled by light in a specific fraction of a second), with the constants of nature and artefacts used to define them (such as the mass of the IPK for the kilogram).

  5. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

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    Measure for how easily current flows through a material siemens (S = Ω −1) L −2 M −1 T 3 I 2: scalar Electrical conductivity: σ: Measure of a material's ability to conduct an electric current S/m L −3 M −1 T 3 I 2: scalar Electric potential: φ: Energy required to move a unit charge through an electric field from a reference point ...

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The SI units are defined by declaring that seven defining constants [1]: 125–129 have certain exact numerical values when expressed in terms of their SI units. The realisation of the definition of a unit is the procedure by which the definition may be used to establish the value and associated uncertainty of a quantity of the same kind as the ...

  7. Specific heat capacity - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit for specific heat capacity is joule per kelvin per kilogram ⁠ J / kg⋅K ⁠, J⋅K −1 ⋅kg −1. Since an increment of temperature of one degree Celsius is the same as an increment of one kelvin, that is the same as joule per

  8. Heat - Wikipedia

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    Calorimetry is measurement of quantity of energy transferred as heat by its effect on the states of interacting bodies, for example, by the amount of ice melted or by change in temperature of a body. [3] In the International System of Units (SI), the unit of measurement for heat, as a form of energy, is the joule (J).

  9. Celsius - Wikipedia

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    Anders Celsius's original thermometer used a reversed scale, with 100 as the freezing point and 0 as the boiling point of water.. In 1742, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744) created a temperature scale that was the reverse of the scale now known as "Celsius": 0 represented the boiling point of water, while 100 represented the freezing point of water. [5]