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pure water and temperature
magnetization as a function of reduced temperature
global average surface temperature
cryogenic region
Study the phenomena of ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism, and paramagnetism and also how temperature affects magnetic properties
Understand temperature, thermal energy and how temperature affects the skin
What would happen if Earth's temperature rose by 2 °C?
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George Dollond
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Percy Williams Bridgman
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C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
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