triple point in English

noun
1
the temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid, and vapor phases of a pure substance can coexist in equilibrium.
The kelvin is described as 1 / 273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

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1. (c) mercury triple point cells which are used for the calibration of platinum resistance thermometers.

2. The curve between the critical point and the triple point shows the Butane boiling point with changes in pressure.

3. Its triple point temperature of 83.8058 K is a defining fixed point in the International Temperature Scale of 1990.

4. Temperatures are measured according to the thermodynamic Kelvin scale, defined by the absolute zero 0 °K and the triple point of water at 273,16 °K.

5. A0110 Absolute temperature scale (K0120) Thermodynamic scale of temperature (TK) defined by assigning to the triple point of pure water the temperature of 273.16 K.

6. K0120 Kelvin absolute temperature scale Thermodynamic scale of temperature (TK) defined by assigning to the triple point of pure water the temperature of 273.16 K.

7. The CCTC accepts the principle of an absolute thermodynamic scale with a single fundamental fixed point, at present provided by the triple point of pure water, the absolute temperature of which will be fixed at a later date.

8. A sintered alumina abrasive grain constituted of $g(a)-alumina crystal grains, wherein the spinel phases do not constitute any continuous phase but deposit as grains at the triple point of the grain boundary and further the spinel phases are substantially homogeneously distributed in the abrasive grain; and an abrasive product obtained from the grain.