Which temperature scale stars at absolute zero?

grumpywop

Kelvin Mar 08 05, 12:55 PM

elizabethmc

Kelvin Mar 08 05, 12:55 PM

elizabethmc

jinx! Mar 08 05, 12:55 PM

mountside

A big yay to you both Mar 08 05, 1:06 PM

BillyWhiz

minus 273.3 degrees Celcius Mar 08 05, 1:42 PM

gmackematix

And there's also the Rankine scale which is absolute temperature using Fahrenheit degrees rather than Celsius/centigrade ones. Mar 08 05, 8:14 PM

lammas

The official names of these two scales are the Kelvin Thermodynamic Temperature Scale and the Rankine Thermodynamic Temperature Scale. For both the reference point is the Triple Point of Water, which, for the Kelvin Scale, is defined as -273.15K. The 'thermodynamic' bit is important because the scale is an absolute scale which does not depend on the properties of any particular substance. Mar 09 05, 12:04 AM

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