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Temperature Converter This program instantly coverts between the major temperature units Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. The conversion equations are listed below.Let F, C, and K be degrees Fahrenheit, Celcius, and
Kelvin respectively. The following formula can be used to convert a temperature from its
representation on the Fahrenheit ( F) scale to the Celsius (C) value: C =
5/9(F - 32). The Celsius scale is in general use wherever metric units
have become accepted, and it is used in scientific work everywhere. The kelvin (symbol K without the degree sign []) is also the fundamental unit of the Kelvin scale, an absolute temperature scale named for the British physicist William Thomson, Baron Kelvin. Such a scale has as its zero point absolute zero, the theoretical temperature at which the molecules of a substance have the lowest energy. The Kelvin scale has been adopted as the international standard for
scientific temperature measurement. The Kelvin scale is related to the
Celsius scale. The difference between the freezing and boiling points
of water is 100 degrees in each, so that the Kelvin has the same magnitude
as the degree Celsius. |
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