NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0

Notation Used:


Thermocouple Data
Notation Used

Notation Definition
BPnormal boiling point –temperature where liquid/vapor phases are in equilibrium at 101.325 kPa
CPnormal condensation point – vapor temperature where vapor/liquid phases are in equilibrium at 101.325 kPa
EMFelectromotive force
euteutectic point (point-of-inflection)
eut(th)eutectic point (thermodynamic temperature)
FPnormal freezing point – temperature where solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium at 101.325 kPa
IPice point – temperature where ice and liquid water are in equilibrium with air at 101.325 kPa
MPnormal melting point – temperature where solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium at 101.325 kPa
nanot available
periperitectic point (point-of-inflection)
peri(th)peritectic point (thermodynamic temperature)
SCsuperconductivity point – transition temperature between superconducting and normal states in zero magnetic field
SFsuperfluid (λ) point – transition from a fluid phase to a superfluid phase for the liquid at its vapor-liquid saturation pressure
SPnormal sublimation point – temperature where solid and gas phases are in equilibrium at 101.325 kPa
TPtriple point – temperature where solid, liquid and vapor phases are in equilibrium
uuncertainty at one standard deviation
Uexpanded uncertainty at two standard deviations (95 %) confidence level
α-β(α-β) phase transition
β-γ(β-γ) phase transition