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Specialty Expressions: ICE POINT

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Ice PointAdministrationThe temperature, equal to 1.0 C (33.8 F), at which pure water and ice are in equilibrium in a mixture at 1 atmosphere of pressure. (references)
Ice pointAerospaceThe temperature at which a mixture of air-saturated pure water and pure ice may exist in equilibrium at a pressure of one standard atmosphere. By decision of the Tenth General Conference on Weights and Measures, Paris, October 1954 the ice point was established as 273.15 degrees K. (references)

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