{"id":3226,"date":"2023-05-02T06:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/faq\/what-are-the-various-fixed-points\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T14:54:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T14:54:55","slug":"what-are-the-various-fixed-points","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/en\/faq\/what-are-the-various-fixed-points\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the various fixed points?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ITS (International Temperature Scale) uses <strong>17 temperature reference points<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Element<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Symbol<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>K<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>\u00b0C<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Helium<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">He<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Vapour pressure<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-268.15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hydrogen<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">H<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Triple point<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">13.8033<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-259.3467<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hydrogen<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">H<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Vapour pressure<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-256.15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hydrogen<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">H<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Vapour pressure<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20.3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-252.85<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Neon<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ne<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Triple point<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24.5561<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-248.5939<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Oxygen<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">O<sub>2<\/sub><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Triple point<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">54.3584<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-218.7916<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Argon<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ar<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Triple point<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">83.8058<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-189.3442<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Mercury<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Triple point<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">234.315<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-38.8344<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Water<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">H<sub>2<\/sub>O<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Triple point<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">273.16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0.01<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Gallium<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ga<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Melting<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">302.9146<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">29.7646<\/td><\/tr><tr><td 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