[pure-silver] Re: Basic Chemistry
- From: "Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:15:58 +1000
BTW for those of you who wonder how this sub-thread affects the proposed
formula or the practical implementation of it, well it doesn't ! This
sub-thread is entirely academic in nature.
OK, so onto the sub-thread at hand, I think I see the misunderstanding
between Nicholas and myself re. scale and offset.
I should have initially said that degC is just offset "relative to degK"
rather than "relative to absolute zero". Sorry for the confusion. I trust
you now agree with me that degC is simply offset relative to degK while degF
is both offset and scales relative to degK.
regards
Peter
2008/6/16 Peter Badcock <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Is it not also true that 1 degK = 1/100th of freezing to boiling ? If so
> then the degK scale matches the degC scale. I agree there is nothing
> special about that scale, but they do match. So when concerting degK to
> degC, you only need to offset by 273.15, there is no scaling involved. When
> converting degK to degF you must apply an offset and a scale.
>
> Peter
>
> 2008/6/16 Nicholas O. Lindan <nolindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> "Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> Note that I said "relative to absolute zero". DegC IS only offset
>>> relative to 0degK, whereas degF is scaled AND offset relative to 0degK.
>>>
>>
>> Round not conceded.
>>
>> Both are scaled. Both are offset.
>>
>> At absolute zero the temperature is 0.00 in both
>> the Kelvin and Rankine scales
>>
>> Offset:
>> 0 Centigrade = 273 Kelvin or Absolute zero = -273C
>> 0 Fahrenheit = 476 Rankine or Absolute zero = -476F
>>
>> Scale:
>> 1 degree centigrade is 1/100 of freezing to boiling
>> 1 degree Fahrenheit 1/180 of freezing to boiling
>>
>> There is nothing special about either scale.
>>
>>
>> Nicholas O. Lindan
>> Cleveland Engineering Design, LLC
>> Cleveland, Ohio 44121
>>
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