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because 0 degrees K is abosolute zero, so this is the temperature where there is no energy in the particles. Kelvin is used because it goes from absolute zero uplwards, where as with celcius, 0 is actually 273 degrees above the actual amount for zero
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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.
How do you use kelvin scale?
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.
How do scientists use the kelvin scale?
Quite often, all temperatures are expressed in Kelvin. Sometimes Centigrade (= Celsius) is used alternately, though.
How do you convert -146 degree Celsius to the Kelvin scale?
Use this equation to convert Celsius/Centigrade to degrees Kelvin: [K] = [°C] + 273.15
What temperature scale is used in the ideal gas equation?
K (Kelvin)
The temperature scale for using Charles' Law is not Fahrenheit or Celsius but what?
Always use temperature in the Kelvin scale when doing gas law problems.
Is temperature expressed on the Celsius scale in calculations using Charles' Law?
No, you must always use the Kelvin scale when doing gas law problems.
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 do you use to measure gases?
Kelvin
Why do you use the celsius scale?
It's compatible with kelvin.
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)
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.
