Talk:Freezing level
Latest comment: 10 years ago by Merlin1935 in topic freezing point of water
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freezing point of water
editI quote, from the Celsius article accessed 2011/02/06 12:42 GMT+0, "the actual melting point of ice is very slightly (less than a thousandth of a degree) below 0 °C". It seems well established that 0°C should be considered the melting point of ice, yet this article claims 0°C to be the freezing point of water. Although this description avoids confusion, given the title of the article as the "Freezing level", it is wrong. Surely this should be corrected with a small summary of the history of 0°C?
R.bares (talk) 12:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- I take that back, having seen the paper doi:10.1063/1.2183324 referenced in the article Melting Point. In 2006 the authors measured the melting point as 0.002519 +/- 0.000002 degrees C R.bares (talk) 13:14, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
- Why does the main article not include freezing point equivalence in degrees Fahrenheit? After all, over 300 million people in the US use this standard, plus tens of millions of others in other parts of the world. Merlin1935 (talk) 04:38, 14 February 2014 (UTC)