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The Kelvin scale measures temperature. You can use it the same way you would use the Fahrenheit scale or the Celsius scale, but it also has an additional use. Since the Kelvin scale starts at the true zero of temperature, when there is no random thermal motion, rather than starting at some arbitrary point such as the freezing point of water (Celsius) or the coldest temperature that was obtainable in the laboratory at the time the Fahrenheit scale was first devised, you can make much more meaningful comparisons in Kelvin. If something has twice the temperature in Kelvin than something else has, then it actually is twice as hot. That is not true of other temperature scales. 20oC is not twice as hot as 10oC. But 20oK actually is twice as hot as 10oK.
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Who developed the kelvin scale?
William Thomson, also known as Lord Kelvin developed the kelvin scale.
What temperature scale has zero as it's lowest temperature?
The Kelvin scale (apex)
Why did lord kelvin desing a new scale?
Lord Kelvin, designed a new scale because he thought it was inconveinient to use negetive values when measuring very cold tempertures.
What scale is used to measure very low temperatures?
Any scale can be used; the absolute, rational, thermodynamic based scale is the Kelvin scale.
Can the Kelvin scale have negative temperatures?
No, that's why it was invented. 0 on the Kelvin scale is absolute 0.
How do you use kelvin scale in a sentence?
Kelvin scale is named after a famous British mathematician and physicis william thomson ans first Baron kelvin
What measure temperature?
The basic unit is a Kelvin but it is common to use a degree Celsius. The Kelvin scale is absolute whereas the zero point on the Celsius scale is arbitrary.
What temperature scale does not use degree?
The temperature scale that has no negative values is the Kelvin scale, because it has its zero point at the lowest possible measurable temperature (absolute zero).The similarly based scale using Fahrenheit intervals (degrees) is the Rankine scale. The Kelvin scale starts at (the minimum) absolute zero. (0 K = -273 oC)
What temperature scale do you use to measure gases?
Kelvin
Why do you use the celsius scale?
It's compatible with kelvin.
Why Scientist use the celsius scale?
It has the same magnitude as kelvin.
When do you use kelvin?
This scale is mostly used in scientific applications.
When was Kelvin invented?
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin the First, first called for the use of this scale in 1848.
Which temperature scale do scientistst use?
The Kelvin scale, usually, but chemistry and allied disciplines use Celsius sometimes.
What type of scale did lord Kelvin develop?
The Kelvin temperature scale
What temperature scale is not really used in science?
Science does not use the Fahrenheit scale, it uses the Celsius scale or the Kelvin scale instead.
Who developed the kelvin scale?
William Thomson, also known as Lord Kelvin developed the kelvin scale.
