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A Kelvin or degree Celsius is 1.8 degrees
Fahrenheit. You forgot to add 32 degrees Fahrenheit to account for the
difference in the zero temperatures. Therefore 100 C = 212 F or boiling
water.
Stan Doore
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Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:19
PM
Subject: [USMA:29759] Fwd: Re:
temperature
There are two components to an answer to this
question.
Yes if you are comparing the difference between two
temperatures then 1 degree c is the same as 1.8 degrees f.
The base
definition for the temperatures uses the triple point of water and the boiling
point. However the starting point on the graph is different or in math
the y intercept for the defining equation is different for the two
systems.
In f it is 32 degrees F is the melting point of water
In c
it is 0 degrees
But if we look at absolute temperature (ie absolute zero
means there is no available heat energy in the system (without busting the
atoms apart). Absolute zero is about -273 degrees C. This is defined as
the Kelvin system which has zero as absolute zero and water melting at 273.45
(?) and boiling at 373.45 K.
So a strict answer is yes. If you
are interested in the transformation of absolute temperature between scales
then the offset point at 0 Kelvin is critical and one has a linear
transformation to arrive at the answer and not a simple multiplication.
But if you are comparing the difference between 10 and 20 C it is 10 degrees
C, 10 degrees Kelvin and 18 degrees F
Clear as boiling
mud.
John
At 05:55 PM 11/05/2004, you
wrote:
Hello i
have a question. Is 1 degree c equal to 1.8 degreesf? If this is
true shouldn't 100 degrees c be equal to 180 degrees f. The reason i
ask this is because isn't 10 degrees c equal to 18 degrees f? Thanks a lot
for your help. h
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