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Temperature scale

• The scale of degrees on a thermometer.


• There are three basic scales of temperature
i.e.
• Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin
• Celsius scale, centigrade scale, international
scale
• A temperature scale that defines the freezing
point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling
point of water as 100 degrees.
• C = ( F - 32) / 1.8
• Fahrenheit scale
• A temperature scale that defines the freezing
point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling
point of water a 212 degrees.
• K = ( F + 459.67) / 1.8
• Kelvin scale, absolute scale
• A temperature scale that defines absolute zero
as 0 degrees; water freezes at 273.16 degrees
and boils at 373.16 degrees.
• K = C + 273.15

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