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This is a collection of temperature conversion formulas and comparisons among eight different temperature scales, several of which have long been obsolete.. Temperatures on scales that either do not share a numeric zero or are nonlinearly related cannot correctly be mathematically equated (related using the symbol =), and thus temperatures on different scales are more correctly described as ...
Definition Relation to SI units degree Celsius °C [°C] ≡ [K] − 273.15 [K] ≡ [°C] + 273.15 degree Delisle °De [K] = 373.15 − [°De] × 2 ⁄ 3: degree Fahrenheit °F [°F] ≡ [°C] × 9 ⁄ 5 + 32 [K] ≡ ([°F] + 459.67) × 5 ⁄ 9: degree Newton °N [K] = [°N] × 100 ⁄ 33 + 273.15 degree Rankine °R; [°R] ≡ [K] × 9 ⁄ 5 [K ...
For an exact conversion between degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius, and kelvins of a specific temperature point, the following formulas can be applied. Here, f is the value in degrees Fahrenheit, c the value in degrees Celsius, and k the value in kelvins: f °F to c °C: c = f − 32 / 1.8 c °C to f °F: f = c × 1.8 + 32
This definition also precisely related the Celsius scale to the Kelvin scale, which defines the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature with symbol K. Absolute zero, the lowest temperature possible, is defined as being exactly 0 K and −273.15 °C. Until 19 May 2019, the temperature of the triple point of water was defined as exactly 273.16 ...
Most units can be combined with a scale factor, for example, e6km represents a million kilometres. The following prefixes may be used; per WP:NUMERAL , values follow the short scale . If lk is on, the numbers are linked as shown below.
Since the standardization of the kelvin in the International System of Units, it has subsequently been redefined in terms of the equivalent fixing points on the Kelvin scale, so that a temperature increment of one degree Celsius is the same as an increment of one kelvin, though numerically the scales differ by an exact offset of 273.15.
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Definition thermodynamic temperature: T, (Θ) kelvin: K: The kelvin is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water. For practical measurements, the International Temperature Scale of 1990 defines several fixed points and interpolation procedures. Celsius temperature: t, φ: degree Celsius °C