What does Degrees Kelvin mean?

Answer 1

Kelvin(K) is a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units.

You can convert Celsius to kelvin by using this formula:

[°C] = [K] − 273.15

You can convert Fahrenheit to kelvin by using this formula:

[°F] = [K] × 9⁄5 − 459.67

You can convert kelvin to Celsius by using this formula:

[K] = [°C] + 273.15

You can convert kelvin to Fahrenheit by using this formula:

[K] = ([°F] + 459.67) × 5⁄9

Answer 2

Basic stuff: Degrees Celsius = Degrees Kelvin minus 273.15°

IMPROVE

What kind of "degrees" do you mean?

1 K = -457.87 F

1 K = -272.15 C

IMPROVE or possibly just Digress.

A Degree on the Celsius scale is the same size as one on the Kelvin scale they just start in different places.

0 degrees Kelvin is absolute zero - nothing can be colder, there is no such thing as a negative degree Kelvin.

Celsius set his 0 at the freezing point of water and his 100 at the boiling point so it can go up and down.

Fahrenheit was a bit mad and based his fixed points on a water salt solution giving some odd numbers for everyday things.

There is also a scale called Rankine that uses the same size of degrees as Fahrenheit but sets 0 at 0 Kelvin.

Very few countries outside the US now use F and practically no-one uses Rankine!

As an aside you're not supposed to call the steps on Kelvin or Rankine scales Degrees but folks do (I just did).

Answer 3

The Kelvin scale (not "degrees Kelvin," but "Kelvins") is useful because

1. zero on the Kelvin scale is absolute zero, the absolute lowest temperature

2. separations between Kelvins are the same as separations between degrees Celsius. For instance, 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling on the Celsius scale, and 273.15 is freezing and 373.15 is boiling on the Kelvin scale.

Answer 4

The kelvin is a unit of measurement for temperature. It is one of the seven base units in the International System of Units (SI) and is assigned the unit symbol K.

Answer 5

On the Kelvin scale, 0 degrees means no energy AT ALL

IMPROVE

degrees of what scale do you mean? Fahrenheit? Celsius?

0 F = 255.37 K

0 C = 273.15 K

Answer 6

look on wikipedia