I know of Celcuis and Fahrenheit. Whats the third?
2006-09-05 13:49:02 · 15 answers · asked by Lord Draven 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Kelvin (K) is the SI (International System) unit of measurement for temperature. It is defined by absolute zero and the "triple point" for specially prepared water. For more information see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin
2006-09-05 13:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dustin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...glad I read the answers first...
Kudos to Heinz M and Dianne M for remembering the other scales! I remembered Reaumer (sp) but forgot Rankine.
Boos & hisses to Heinz M for misleading you on Centigrade. This is the descriptive name of the scale in use when I went to school--100 deg. between feeezing and boiling. It was renamed Celcius to honor the scientist who proposed and named it initially.
BTW Fahrenheit wanted the temperature of the human body to define 100 deg., and thought 0 deg was the temperature at which blood froze The latter may be true, but he must have been running a fever when he calibrated his 100 deg. point.
2006-09-05 21:14:38 · answer #2 · answered by Helmut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kelvin
2006-09-05 21:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Logic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of these are forms of temperature. They are just different scales for measuring it. Just like meters and feet and fathoms are different scales for measuring distance. All have well-defined, linear conversion methods. Well, not exactly. The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) does not have a linear correlation to the others. Its purpose is to make thermodynamic calculations more accurate.
2006-09-06 07:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kelvin scale
2006-09-05 20:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by robsrecordbin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you were thinking of Kelvin there is a fourth one Réaumur.
His temp scale goes from 0 freezing to 80 boiling
How many people here knew that?
BTW, centigrade is a misnomer (for Celsius) and has been totally abolished!
2006-09-05 20:52:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kelvin
2006-09-05 20:55:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kelvin
2006-09-05 20:50:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sabina 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are other non-scientific forms of temperature. My wife asks if I have a temperature when she means, "Do you have a fever?" Then there's the, "Ow, that's hot." And last there's the, "Brrr; that's cold."
The scales used to measure temperature have been listed: F, C, K, and R.
2006-09-05 21:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's also the Rankine scale, which is to Fahrenheit as Kelvin is to Celsius. 0R is 0K, and the difference between freezing and boiling water at STP is 212R.
2006-09-05 20:55:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋