When looking at celsius and far. which one is constant?

Question

If you go from 10 to 20 degrees or from 50 to 60 degrees which one would represent the same amount of heat being gained? i am no math wizz obviously but it seems to me that celsius would have to be on a graduated scale and therefore the increase in heat energy would not be equal across all temperatures..in other words the jump from 32 to 33 would be a different amount of heat gain then the jump from 2 to 3 degrees...

Answer 1

Neither one will be constant, as you gain temperature, the mercury will move and the heat will gain...

Farenheit and Celcius are just our way of measuring how heat is either gained or loss.

When you have "fluctuation" then there is no "constant"...

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 2

No, there is as much temperature difference between 1 C and 2 C as there is between 10 C and 11 C.
Celsius is a linear scale, just as Farenheit is. It is only the gap between dregrees that is different (one Celsius degree change is equal to 1.8 Farenheit degree chage) and the zero value (where 0 C is equal to 32 F). If you want to convert one into another, take graphp paper, with Celsius on one axis, and Farenheit on the other, and put a point at 0 C/32 F and another at 100 C and 212 F, and trace a line through the points, extending as far as you want (except that at -273 C you will hit absolute zero. Any temperature lower than that is just virtual as it can never be achieved).

That is your conversion chart.

Answer 3

celsius is not on a graduated scale. One degree change is the same amount of heat gain/loss anywhere on the scale. Same with fahrenheit. The size of a degree is different for each scale, though. One degree celsius is equal to about 9/5 degrees fahrenheit. Also, the two scales have different zero points. Zero degrees C = 32 degrees F.

Answer 4

Your example of 10 to 20 or from 50 to 60... in either scale.. it WOULD be the same amount of heat gained... it is not graduated...for any two equal jumps on one of the scales it is the same heat gain or loss.

the difference between the scales is thier construction, not their accuracy...

for Celsius, water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees...

for Farenheit, water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees...

the intermediate scale, between these two values is equally divided... Celcius into 100 divisions and Farenheit into 180 divisions...

I don't know how other thermometers are made... outside of that range... but I'm sure that it is controlled in most cases and is accurate.... like for a hospital thermometer.

Answer 5

Celcius or Centigrade and Fahrenheit are both constant scales and constant in the measure of temperature. In calculating heat scientists use the Kelvin scale, which has the same size drgrees as Celcius,but starts at Absolute zero. Heat is calculated by the formula Heat = mass * specific heat * mass.
Specific heat is individual to the material and amount or mass is important. The units used for heat are calories in the metric system and BTUs or British Thermal Units in the English system.

Answer 6

But all of that with one caveat. It you are talking about water temperature (or other phase transitions), there is a definite bump at the freezing point because of the heat involved in the melting or freezing. That is, for the same amount of heat going from -10 to +10 C is very different than from going +10 to +20. The scale is still linear, but the phase transition can make it look different. The same is true for the vapor phase.

Answer 7

They are both accurate. They each are measured where each degree is the same amount of heat measurement. It is not on a logarithmic scale like the pH (or pOH) scale.

Answer 8

Neither, chemists use Kelvins. That is the most constant.

Answer 9

Celcius...

Answer 10

Hm, I'm *pretty* sure that celcius is constant... But... I can't say forsure. ^_^