- 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
We could define a USMA FFU scale which had zero as melting and 180 as boiling, and call it the Ezra Scale. (First name I saw in the USMA list server list so I used it, no person insult intended Ezra.)
John
Zero kelvin is -273.15 degrees c
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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
John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional Engineer
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- 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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