What are the three major temperature scales and how are they related to one another?

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What are the three major temperature scales and how are they related to one another?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-08T12:41:42

You have:
1] The Celsius Scale, indicated by $° C$ $°C$ ;
2] Fahrenheit Scale, indicated by $° F$ $°F$ ;
3] Kelvin Scale indicade by $K$ $K$ (without $°$ $°$ ).

You can relate them as:
$T_{F} = \frac{9}{5} T - C + 32 °$ $T_F=9/5T-C+32°$
$T_{C} = \frac{5}{9} (T_{F} - 32 °)$ $T_C=5/9(T_F-32°)$
$T_{K} = T_{C} + 273$ $T_K=T_C+273$

Modified from: P. A. Tipler Physics - 4th ed.

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