Boltzmann constant: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: Khan Academy - Boltzmann's constant. Nov 03, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Boltzmann's constant. Aug 11, 2026
Add new Web site: USM Digital Commons - Measuring Boltzmann's Constant Using Video Microscopy of Brownian Motion (PDF). May 24, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - New Definition of the Kelvin and Determination of the Boltzmann Constant (PDF). Mar 28, 2025
Add new Web site: University of British Columbia - Department of Physics and Astronomy - Boltzmann constant (PDF). Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Determinations of the Boltzmann constant. Nov 23, 2024
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Boltzmann constant and the new kelvin. Sep 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Boltzmann constant. Mar 29, 2024
Add new Web site: National Institute of Standards and Technology - Kelvin: Boltzmann Constant. Sep 10, 2022
Changed “has a value” to “has a defined value.” Added material about the molar gas constant. Apr 13, 2021
Changed “1.38064852” to “1.380649.” Dec 12, 2019
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions A - Low uncertainty Boltzmann constant determinations and the kelvin redefinition. Mar 09, 2018
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Boltzmann's constant. Mar 09, 2018
Changed value of Boltzmann constant from "1.380650 x 10^-23 joule per kelvin" to "1.38064852 x 10^-23 joule per kelvin." Changed "molecules of a substance" to "particles making up a substance." Dec 31, 2015
Article revised and updated. Sep 28, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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