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The centigrade scale for measuring temperature is based on how many degrees?
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The Celsius scale is 0 degrees Celsius as the freezing point of water and 100 degrees Celsius is the boiling of water. Don't use the old word "centigrade".
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What is the highest temp that ice can form?
Ice is just solid water. Water is H2O, with two atoms of hydrogen bonded to one atom of oxygen. The freezing/melting point for ice is 0 degrees Celsius, and the boiling/condensing point is 100 degrees Celsius, as the centigrade system was based around the characteristics of pure water. Therefore if you want ice to form, the temperature must be 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) or under.
What is the temperatre of fire?
The temperature of fire varies greatly based on the source of fuel and atmospheric conditions. Gasoline for example burns at a temperature of between 500 and 1000 degrees.
What is the specific heat of water when it comes to a boiling point?
The specific heat of water when it comes to a boiling point is 100 degrees Celcius, or 212 degrees Fahrenheit. The boiling temperature can vary based on the vapor pressure of the atmosphere.
Which device is based on the expansion of matter as temperature increases?
Thermometer is based on the expansion of matter as temperature increases.
What is the Fahrenheit system based on?
Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), the German physicist who proposed it in 1724. He used three reference points. The first, 0 degrees, was the lowest temperature he could obtain using a mixture of ice, water, and salt. The second was that temperature at which snow began to melt. His third point was the normal body temperature of a person, which he placed slightly incorrect at 96 degrees. He was not concerned with the boiling point as he was interested in atmospheric science, and air temperature is never that high. When his scale was adjusted so that the boiling point of water was 212 degrees, the body temperature fell to 98.6.
Why is the centigrade scale named the centigrade scale?
It is based on units of ten, and the boiling point of water on the centigrade scale is 100 degrees. That's what centigrade means: Centi=100. Gradus=step or degree.
What is the temperature scale used in the metric system?
Everyday temperature is measured in degrees celcius. Officially temperature is measured in kelvin. the only difference between kelvin and degrees celcius is that zero kelvin is absolute zero ( the coldest theoretical temp possible) and zero degrees celsius is the triple point of water. So that 0oC is 273.15 kelvin.
What does water have to do with measuring temperature?
The fixed points on the Celsius scale, for measuring temperature are based on the freezing and boiling points of water and, to that extent water is relevant to the measurement of temperature.
Is celsius the same as centigrade?
They are pretty much the same. Centigrade would be a scale based on 100. Celsius is a temperature scale based on centigrade, where the freezing point of water is 0 and the boiling point of water is 100.MoreIn modern usage the two names refer to the same temperature scale. Anders Celsius was a Swedish scientist and explorer who proposed a temperature scale based on dividing the range between water's freezing and boiling points into 100 degrees. Initially he wanted 0 to be boiling and 100 to be freezing but following his death the order was inverted and became known as the centigrade scale; "centi" coming from the Latin for 100 and "grade" from the word for "step".In 1948 the International Committee for Weights and Measures officially named the scale for Celsius, mostly because the generic term "centigrade" is used for other measurements in addition to temperature but partly to match the use of Gabriel Fahrenheit's name for the American temperature scale.
How do you spell degrees?
The metric system temperature scale is spelled "Celsius" (capitalized, named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius).The name of the temperature scale is Celsius, named for its inventor Anders Celsius.The likely word is the proper noun Celsius, a centigrade temperature scale named for Swedish scientist Anders Celsius.
What is digital temperature sensor?
Digital temperature sensors are usually silicon-based temperature- sensing ICs that output precise digital representations of the temperatures they are measuring.
What is the kelvin scale measured in?
Every point on the Celsius/Centigrade scale is added to the number 273.15 and this is the reading of the thermometer calibrated for Kelvin. Remember, the Kelvin scale does NOT use the degree title or symbol, so 0 degrees Celsius/Centigrade is equal by definition to 273.15 Kelvin. 0 K is the lowest possible reading & is termed absolute zero. Kelvin is more useful in scientific calculations since it is designed using the standard units of volume, pressure, temperature and so on. It plugs into normal scientific units without having to make conversions.When I say degrees Celsius, this is very similar, but not exactly the same as degrees Centigrade. Celsius was calibrated by a physical phenomenon, the point at which water froze was considered 0 degrees Celsius and when water boils the 100 degree Celsius mark was made to produce the Celsius scale (actually originally the scale was backwards and the two numbers were simply switched, but that can be confusing!) Centigrade, was basically a set of evenly distributed marks to notate each degree (the order was correct at this point and the Celsius scale was flipped also to be the normal scale we know today. Since Centigrade was based off of Celsius, it was prone to the error of measuring a perfect reading too, with the additional error added in that two points had to be divided perfectly into 100 units! The inaccuracies were eventually corrected but with ever so slight deviations from the original scale(s) and forever a relic in our temperature measurement systems.
What temp does ice freeze?
Water freezes at 0oC Centigrade, as this temperature scale was based on the changing state of water i.e. freezing and boiling points.
Si unit of Celsius?
Celsius is not an SI unit. The SI unit for temperature is Kelvin (K). This has the same scale as Celsius, the difference is 0 K is absolute zero and not the temperature of iced water. 0 K equals -273.15C
Which temperature units are based on the properties of water?
All of them.
Water boils at a temperature of what degrees on the Celsius scale?
The Celsius scale is in fact based on water, it freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees Celsius at 760 mm Hg pressure.
what are the temperature for the planets?
20 degrees Celsius is about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. This is an ideal temperature for a planet to support carbon-based life, as water is a liquid between 0 and 100 degrees Celsius, or 32 and 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
