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  2. Planck units - Wikipedia

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    The term Planck scale refers to quantities of space, time, energy and other units that are similar in magnitude to corresponding Planck units. This region may be characterized by particle energies of around 10 19 GeV or 10 9 J , time intervals of around 5 × 10 −44 s and lengths of around 10 −35 m (approximately the energy-equivalent of the ...

  3. Kelvin - Wikipedia

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    The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that starts at the lowest possible temperature (absolute zero), ... (Δν Cs) and the Planck constant (h). Black ...

  4. Thermodynamic temperature - Wikipedia

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    A unit increment of one kelvin is exactly 1.8 times one degree Rankine; thus, to convert a specific temperature on the Kelvin scale to the Rankine scale, x K = 1.8 x °R, and to convert from a temperature on the Rankine scale to the Kelvin scale, x °R = x /1.8 K. Consequently, absolute zero is "0" for both scales, but the melting point of ...

  5. Second law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    and the reference temperature T 1 * = 273.16 K × f(T 1,T 1) = 273.16 K. (Any reference temperature and any positive numerical value could be used – the choice here corresponds to the Kelvin scale.)

  6. Planck's law - Wikipedia

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    In physics, Planck's law (also Planck radiation law [1]: 1305 ) describes the spectral density of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium at a given temperature T, when there is no net flow of matter or energy between the body and its environment.

  7. Color temperature - Wikipedia

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    The color temperature scale describes only the color of light emitted by a light source, which may actually be at a different (and often much lower) temperature. [1] [2] Color temperature has applications in lighting, [3] photography, [4] videography, [5] publishing, [6] manufacturing, [7] astrophysics, [8] and other fields.

  8. Black-body radiation - Wikipedia

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    The radiation represents a conversion of a body's internal energy into electromagnetic energy, and is therefore called thermal radiation. It is a spontaneous process of radiative distribution of entropy. Color of a black body from 800 K to 12200 K. This range of colors approximates the range of colors of stars of different temperatures, as seen ...

  9. Third law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a system at absolute zero is a well-defined constant. This is because a system at zero temperature exists in its ground state, so that its entropy is determined only by the degeneracy of the ground state. In 1912 Nernst stated the law thus: "It is impossible for any procedure to lead to ...