Multiple choice

Who proposed the term 273° C as the absolute zero?

  1. Louis Pasteur

  2. Garbiel Fahrenheit

  3. Lord Kelvin

  4. Robert Boyle

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Explanation

Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) proposed the absolute temperature scale where 0 K equals -273.15°C (rounded to -273°C). He developed the concept of absolute zero based on theoretical work on thermodynamics. Louis Pasteur worked in microbiology, Fahrenheit developed the mercury thermometer scale, and Boyle worked on gas laws.

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