K (Kelvin)
(Explanation): ALWAYS remember that ideal gas equations use kelvin!!
Celsius is the temperature scale that is used in most of the world.
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The Rankine scale is one of the temperature scales used when an absolute temperature scale is needed. The Rankine scale is useful in calcluations of oil or gas present in an oil or gas reservoir (one of the factors in the equations is the ratio of standard temperature to formation temperature; generally add 460 to the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit to obtain degrees Rankine).
commonly used? well fahrenheit and celsius/centigrade(same thing) for weather temperature. Then there is kelvin used in technical/scientific situations and thats about it for common usage so 3 is the answer. There are up to seven different temperature scales but only 3 are used commonly
The temperature scale commonly used in science is the Celsius or centigrade scale. The Kelvin scale is most often used in the thermodynamic and astronomical fields (and especially when dealing with temperatures close to absolute zero).There are two temperature scales used by scientists. The first scale, Kelvin, is the SI (Standard Unit) or official unit used in certain cases. Informally, and more commonly is the Celsius scale.The older Fahrenheit scale (and its absolute version, the Rankine) are still used in the US and some other countries, but not generally for scientific purposes to avoid misunderstandings in data comparison.
The Kelvin scale is used.
The Kelvin scale is used.
K (Kelvin)
Kelvin Scale is an absolute temperature scale. This means that it starts at a different point than Celsius, its counterpart. This is why you must add 273.15 to a Celsius temperature in order to get a Kelvin temperature. The Kelvin scale starts at absolute zero whereas Celsius starts at the freezing point of water. Kelvin is used more often in science such as in the ideal gas equation. It is more convenient to use it than Celsius when dealing with very cold temperatures and with things like the Perfect Gas Laws which reference absolute zero.
Celsius is the temperature scale that is used in most of the world.
K (Kelvin)
In the United states what scale is used to measure air temperature?
An absolute scale, such as Kelvin.
Absolute zero is the temperature of outer space. It is the lowest temperature matter can reach. It is -273.15 on the Celsius scale and 0.0 on the Kelvin scale. There is still a type of energy, known as zero point energy, the energy of outer space, left at 0.0 Kelvin, but this energy cannot be used. Work cannot be obtained from things at 0.0 Kelvin, because there is no lower temperature to which the energy might flow. The entropy of anything at 0.0 Kelvin is maximum, meaning no work can be obtained from it. (Entropy is reverse of what we are perhaps used to: minimum means lots of work can be extracted which causes the entropy to INCREASE until the entropy is maximum and no further energy can be extracted..) There are laws of physics which only agree with reality when the Kelvin scale is used. For example, the ideal gas law is PV = NRT. The pressure times the volume of an ideal gas is the product of the number of moles of gas (N) times a constant (R) times the temperature. This equation only works of the temperature is in Kelvin (the units of the Kelvin scale are Kelvin, not degree). The equation for the power radiated from a hot object only works if the temperature is Kelvin. In fact, much of physics only works when you use the Kelvin scale for temperature.
The generic name is "absolute temperature scale"; the most commonly used one is the Kelvin scale.
There are a few temperature scale that science use offten. The most common scale is a centigrade scale.
Temperature scale used on most laboratory thermometers is a thermometer.