what is a KELVIN?

Answer 1

"The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero — the coldest possible temperature — is zero kelvins (0 K).

The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the Irish-born physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824 – 1907), who wrote of the need for an “absolute thermometric scale.”"

Answer 2

Kelvin Scale
The Kelvin temperature scale (K) was developed by Lord Kelvin in the mid 1800s. The zero point of this scale is equivalent to -273.16 °C on the Celsius scale. This zero point is considered the lowest possible temperature of anything in the universe. Therefore, the Kelvin scale is also known as the "absolute temperature scale". At the freezing point of water, the temperature of the Kelvin scale reads 273 K. At the boiling point of water, it reads 373 K.

Whereas the Kelvin scale is widely used by scientists, the Celsius or Fahrenheit scales are used in daily life. These two scales are easier to understand than the large numbers of the Kelvin scale. Could you imagine waking up to your radio and hearing the DJ give a weather report like this: "It's going to be a beautiful day today with sunny skies and a balmy temperature of 297 K!" That's 24 °C or 75 °F.

Answer 3

Kelvin is a temperature scale named after Lord Kelvin who determined the point where all molecular kinetic energy (heat) has been removed from a substance - the temperature is commonly called "absolute zero".

The Kelvin scale places 0 degrees at that point. The freezing point of water is 273.15 degrees. The boiling point of water is 373.15 degrees.

Each degree Kelvin is the same amount as a degree Celcius - the only difference is the 0 degree point.

Answer 4

The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero — the coldest possible temperature — is zero kelvins (0 K).

The Kelvin scale and the kelvin are named after the Irish-born physicist and engineer William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824 – 1907), who wrote of the need for an “absolute thermometric scale.”

The kelvin unit and its scale, by international agreement, are defined by two points: absolute zero, and the triple point of specially prepared water (VSMOW) . This definition also precisely relates the Kelvin scale to the Celsius scale. Absolute zero—the temperature at which nothing could be colder and minimal heat energy remains in a substance—is defined as being precisely 0 K and −273.15 °C. The triple point of water is defined as being precisely 273.16 K and 0.01 °C. This definition does three things:

1. It fixes the magnitude of the kelvin unit as being precisely 1 part in 273.16 parts the difference between absolute zero and the triple point of water;
2. It establishes that one kelvin has precisely the same magnitude as a one-degree increment on the Celsius scale; and
3. It establishes the difference between the two scales’ null points as being precisely 273.15 kelvins (0 K = −273.15 °C and 273.16 K = 0.01 °C).

Answer 5

The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units. The Kelvin scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero — the coldest possible temperature — is zero kelvins (0 K).

Answer 6

It is a measure of temperature on the absolute scale. It is named after its discoverer, Lord Kelvin, who studied low temperatures.
Lord Kelvin found that molecular/atomic motion stopped at -273 degrees C, this temperature is also known as '0K' (Zero Kelvin).
NB When temperatures are quoted in kelvin it is written as '273K' not '273 degrees K'.
NNB The inert gas, helium, has a melting point of 3K(-270 degrees C) and a boiling point of 4K(-269 degrees C).

Answer 7

At the freezing point of water, the temperature of the Kelvin scale reads 273 K. At the boiling point of water, it reads 373 K.

Answer 8

Kelvin a system of measurement in temperature.

You have to convert Farenhieght(sp?) into Celsius to convert it into kelvins.

then take celsius and add 273 degrees to it and there you have Kelvin.

Answer 9

Sounds like you're talking about temperature scales... Degrees can be measured in Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin.

Answer 10

Do you mean as in degrees kelvin? It's temperature measurement scale