• of temperature conversion formulas and comparisons among eight different temperature scales, several of which have long been obsolete. Temperatures on...
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  • Scale of temperature is a methodology of calibrating the physical quantity temperature in metrology. Empirical scales measure temperature in relation...
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    technology Conversion of scales of temperature Color temperature Planck temperature Temperature data logger T. J. Quinn (1983). Temperature. London: Academic...
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    indicate temperature differences. Similar conventions exist for the Celsius scale, see Celsius § Temperatures and intervals. For an exact conversion between...
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    the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in...
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    150 °D.[citation needed] Outline of metrology and measurement Conversion of scales of temperature The Celsius temperature scale was also briefly "inverted"...
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    Rankine temperature scale, and the thermodynamic temperature scale. Other temperature scales have their numerical zero far from the absolute zero of temperature...
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  • system of units Scale of temperature Conversion of scales of temperature Celsius Delisle scale Fahrenheit Gas mark Kelvin Leiden scale Newton scale Rankine...
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    The Réaumur scale (French pronunciation: [ʁeomy(ː)ʁ]; °Ré, °Re, °r), also known as the "octogesimal division", is a temperature scale for which the melting...
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  • temperatures relating the Rankine scale to other temperature scales are shown in the table below. Outline of metrology and measurement Comparison of temperature...
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    K) is the base unit for temperature in the International System of Units (SI). The Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature scale that starts at the lowest...
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  • high temperatures), no unambiguous "conversion" between the scales is possible. The linseed thermometer could be used up to the melting point of tin....
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    Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude. Circumstances where water naturally occurs in liquid form are shown...
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    term degree is used in several scales of temperature, with the notable exception of kelvin, primary unit of temperature for engineering and the physical...
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    Celsius temperature scales. It is an approximation of thermodynamic temperature that facilitates the comparability and compatibility of temperature measurements...
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    negative thermodynamic temperature; that is, their temperature can be expressed as a negative quantity on the Kelvin or Rankine scales. This should be distinguished...
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  • Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor...
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  • for multiple temperature scales.: 362  The boiling point of water was defined as 60 degrees. Rømer then saw that the freezing point of pure water was...
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  • Phosphate conversion coating is a chemical treatment applied to steel parts that creates a thin adhering layer of iron, zinc, or manganese phosphates...
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    Cryogenics (redirect from Low temperature)
    temperature scale, both of which measure from absolute zero, rather than more usual scales such as Celsius which measures from the freezing point of water...
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    Chromate conversion coating or alodine coating is a type of conversion coating used to passivate steel, aluminium, zinc, cadmium, copper, silver, titanium...
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    Gas mark (category Scales of temperature)
    The gas mark is a temperature scale used on gas ovens and cookers in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth of Nations countries. Early gas...
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  • thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a renewable energy technology that harnesses the temperature difference between the warm surface waters of the ocean and...
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  • Baumé scale is a pair of hydrometer scales developed by French pharmacist Antoine Baumé in 1768 to measure density of various liquids. The unit of the Baumé...
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    Energy conversion efficiency (η) is the ratio between the useful output of an energy conversion machine and the input, in energy terms. The input, as well...
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    062 gigabytes per nanojoule; at room temperature: T = 300K, β ≈ 44 GB/nJ ≈ 39 eV−1 ≈ 2.4×1020 J−1. The conversion factor is 1 GB/nJ = 8 ln ⁡ 2 × 10 18...
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  • (TPV) energy conversion is a direct conversion process from heat to electricity via photons. A basic thermophotovoltaic system consists of a hot object...
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    Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (category Creators of temperature scales)
    to a family of German extraction. Fahrenheit invented thermometers accurate and consistent enough to allow the comparison of temperature measurements...
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    heat engine powered by a temperature gradient generated by the sun. Even though Stirling engines can run with a small temperature gradient, it is more efficient...
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  • can be non-dimensionalized through selection of appropriate scales as follows: Substituting the scales the non-dimensionalized equation obtained is:...
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