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The kelvin is defined by fixing the numerical value of the Boltzmann constant
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The kelvin is indeed defined by fixing the exact numerical value of the Boltzmann constant, following the International System of Units (SI) redefinition.

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Wikipedia: Kelvin
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Wikipedia: Boltzmann constant
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IEEE Trans.Instrum.Measur.: From μ 0 to e : A Survey of Major Impacts for Electrical Measurements in Recent SI Revision
2020 · cited by 0
Confirms the kelvin is redefined by fundamental physical constants including the Boltzmann constant.
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  1. Wikipedia: Kelvinreferencesupports
  2. Wikipedia: Boltzmann constantreferencesupports
  3. Book: Handbook of Metrology and Applicationsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Book: Understanding Physicsreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  5. Book: Metrological Infrastructurereferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  6. Morgan & Claypool Publishers: Defining and measuring nature : the make of all thingsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Oxford University Press: From artefacts to atoms : the BIPM and the search for ultimate measurement standardsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Elsevier: Dimensional analysis of food processesreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. World Scientific: Laser spectroscopy : proceedings of the XVII international conferencereferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. McGraw-Hill: Chemistry, principles and applicationsreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Self publishing: Motion Mountain: The Adventure of Physics - Vol. I - Fall, Flow and Heatreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Butterworths Scientific Publications: Physicochemical measurements at high temperatures.referenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Butterworth: Physicochemical Measurements at High Temperaturesreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Moleculereferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  15. Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Thermometryreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. Wikisource: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Lightreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  17. IEEE Trans.Instrum.Measur.: From μ 0 to e : A Survey of Major Impacts for Electrical Measurements in Recent SI Revisionpeer-reviewedsupports
  18. NASA Technical Reports Server: A Scale-Invariant Model of Statistical Mechanics and Modified Forms of the First and the Second Laws of Thermodynamicsprimary-datano side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  19. OSTI: Theoretical model of dielectrophoretic water vapor condensation during multiphase flow of electrically charged water droplets in airpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  20. OSTI: Thermophysical Properties of Liquid Tritium: A Path Integral Monte Carlo Studypeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  21. SoftwareX: HARD: A performance portable radiation hydrodynamics code based on FleCSI frameworkpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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