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Who proposed the term 273<b style="font-family:" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 13px;="" line-height:="" 20px;="">° C as the absolute zero?<span style="line-height:" 20px;="">
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Lord Kelvin
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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.