Curle scale of temperature

Curle scale of temperature

[¦kyu̇r·ē ¦skāl əv ′tem·prə·chər]

(thermodynamics)

A temperature scale based on the susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance, assuming that it obeys Curie's law; used at temperatures below about 1 kelvin.

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