Madan asked in USMA 12291: >This website > >http://students.washington.edu/kyle/temp.html > >helps us to convert celsius to >Fahrenheit >Kelvin >Rankine & >Reaumur > >1 Celsius = >33.8 Fahrenheit >274 Kelvin >493 Rankine >.8 Reaumur. > >It seems that Kelvin is used in scientific areas. >Is it still used and what about Rankine and Reaumur. The kelvin is used in thermodynamics. According to Stefan, the radiation of any surface varies as the fourth power of its kelvin temperature. Rankine is the Fahrenheit equivalent of kelvin; i.e. 0 K = 0°R and 5 kelvin degrees = 9 Rankine degrees. It may still be used by reactioinary engineers. Réaumur, I believe, was still used in Denmark a hundred years ago. On Réaumur water freezes at 0° R and boils at 80°!R. Joseph B. Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
