TootSweet@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoA guide for our friends outside the U.S.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down113file-text
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minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·14 hours agoWhat even is zero Fahrenheit? Isn’t it some random point above freezing that is cold but not that cold?
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoThe freezing point of a saturated brine of ammonium chloride.
minus-squareTootSweet@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-214 hours agoYeah, 0F° is close to leave-a-faucet-dripping-lest-your-pipes-freeze weather. Quite a ways below the freezing temperature of water at standard atmospheric pressure.
What even is zero Fahrenheit? Isn’t it some random point above freezing that is cold but not that cold?
The freezing point of a saturated brine of ammonium chloride.
Zero Fahrenheit is like -18 C.
Yeah, 0F° is close to leave-a-faucet-dripping-lest-your-pipes-freeze weather. Quite a ways below the freezing temperature of water at standard atmospheric pressure.