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I was wondering if anyone could tell me what things are are liquids at temperatures below -70 kelvin.

 

I know the boiling point of liquid nitrogen is -77. Are there any others?

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Well, helium does liquify but it liquifies at near absolute 0, and the purpose of Kelvin units is to not have negative numbers isn't it? Isn't 0 Kelvin the same as Absolute 0? So how could you have negative Kelvin?

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Well, helium does liquify but it liquifies at near absolute 0, and the purpose of Kelvin units is to not have negative numbers isn't it? Isn't 0 Kelvin the same as Absolute 0? So how could you have negative Kelvin?

You are correct. Kelvins is an absolute scale and all values should be positive. e.g. Nitrogen liquifies/boils at 77 K, not -77 K.

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