L42yB Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) 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? Edited October 19, 2011 by L42yB
questionposter Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) 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? Edited October 19, 2011 by questionposter
Moontanman Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Hydrogen comes to mind... uh oh this sounds like a science class question....
swansont Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 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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