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Water usually melts and freezes at 32Â°F (0Â°C) and boils at 212Â°F (100Â°C). The familiarity of water may make the melting points of other substances extreme by comparison. For example, the temperature at which carbon melts is 6,422Â°F (3,550Â°C), while mercury melts at -37.97Â°F (-38.87Â°C).
: relating or conforming to a thermometric scale on which under standard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at 32 degrees above zero, and the zero point approximates the temperature produced by mixing equal quantities by weight of snow and common salt âabbreviation F.