what is the state of water at 273 Kelvin?

Answer 1

At standard pressure it could be partially liquid and partially solid, but mostly solid if the ice has had time to form. If you have just cooled it down to that temperature, the water will need some time to freeze - if you fill ice trays with water, you know the ice cubes don't form immediately upon placing the trays in the freezer.

From 273.15 K (32 degrees Fahrenheit) to 373.15 K (212 F) it should be liquid, and at higher temperatures, it should be gaseous.

Answer 2

You probably meant 273.16 degrees Kelvin, the melting or freezing point of pure water at one earth atmosphere's pressure. This is the same as zero degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. At 273.00 degrees Kelvin you will only have ice. Some science textbooks are a little sloppy in ignoring the 0.16 degrees in an attempt to simplify things.

At that temperature at sea level, water can exist in both the solid state (ice) and the liquid state. Which state it is in depends on the enthalpy of fusion, a fancy term that simply means the amount of heat added to melt (or freeze, if that heat is lost).

If you live in the mountains, say Denver, CO, the mile high city, you would might notice that water freezes or melts at a very slightly higher temperature. Yes, higher. This happens for water when there is a decrease in atmospheric pressure. The reason is difficult to explain as it has to do with water being a polar molecule that normally occupies more space as a solid than as a liquid.

Water also boils at a lower temperature which forces people living in Denver to depend on pressure cookers for cooking some of their food. I've done a lot of hiking in the Sierra Mountains and know from personal experience that you can dip your fingers into boiling water without harming them if you do it at 12,000 feet above sea level.

The interesting thing is that with a slight increase in temperature and a significant reduction in air pressure you can have water exist in all three states, solid, liquid, and gas, simultaneously. This is called the triple point. Below that pressure of the triple point, only solid and vapor states for water exist.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

it should be -273 celcius or zero kelvin on the kelvin scale as on the other scales there is no upper limit but on the kelvin scale the lower limit is 0 kelvin or -273 celcius at this tempreture all atomic activity stops. so t probably the water would be a highly higly dense piece of ice

Answer 4

If you are referring to the freezing point of water, you should also specify the pressure.

The freezing point of most substances is increased by increase of pressure. In substances, however, that expand on freezing (for example, water) pressure lowers the freezing point. An example of this effect can be observed if a heavy object is placed on a block of ice. The area immediately underneath the object will begin to turn to liquid and will refreeze, without any change in temperature, when the object is removed. This process is known as regelation.

So, the state of water at 273 K will be depending on what is the pressure! It can be either a liquid or solid.

Answer 5

273 Kelvin is 0 degrees celsius so water is in a solid state.

Answer 6

273 Kelvin is about 21 Fahrenheit or -0.15 Celsius

Answer 7

That would be the freezing point of water, so it would be at the liquid solid tranistion, either changing from liquid to solid, or solid to liquid, depending upon its preceding temperature.

Remember, Kelvin is Celsius plus 273.

Answer 8

At this temperature, a block of ice will start melting. It will not change temperature upto the point where all the ice is converted to water. If the surrounding temperature is raised further, the block of ice that it was previously would now be present as liquid.


But at the same temp., an EQUILIBRIUM is set up wheereby ice melts to water at the same rate as water freezes to ice. How much this will take depends on the pressure. Also, THE PRESENCE OF IMPURITIES WILL INFLUENCE THIS AS THEN WATER FREEZES AT TEMPERATURE BELOW ZERO DEGREES.

Answer 9

ice -- 273 kelvin is 0 degrees (absolute zero is -273)

Answer 10

273 K is the same as 0C. So, it's right at water's freezing point. Depending on the pressure, it could be ice, freezing, or water.