• perviouslyiner@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Thankfully that has been redefined using the Boltzmann constant, so now anyone in the universe can agree on °C and K without needing to measure any Vienna standard ocean water.

    • _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I was going to make a joke about how Austria is landlocked, how did we come up with the idea of making an ocean water standard.

      Apparently the IAEA which is headquartered here set that standard, for anyone else curious.