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Temperature
This category is for questions about the various units and conversions of temperature, as well as the freezing point and boiling point of elements and compounds.
19,212 Questions
0.6 degree Celsius in Fahrenheit?
If you're talking about something being 0.6c cold, it's 33.08f
If you're talking about 0.6c as in '0.6 degrees higher than x', it's 1.1f
Can the outside temperature change a slight degrees in 10 minutes?
Yes, it is possible for the outside temperature to change slightly in a 10-minute interval due to factors such as sunlight, wind speed, and cloud cover influencing the local weather conditions. However, drastic temperature changes within 10 minutes are unlikely unless there is a sudden weather event, such as a passing cold front or storm.
How are freezing point and melting point alike?
The freezing point and melting point are both physical properties of a substance that indicate the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid (melting point) or from a liquid to a solid (freezing point). Both points represent the temperature at which the substance transitions between these two states.
The specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/g°C. Using the formula Q = mcΔT, where Q is the heat energy, m is the mass, c is the specific heat capacity, and ΔT is the change in temperature, we can calculate that the heat required is approximately 20910 Joules or 20.91 kJ.
How much is60degree in Celsius?
60 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to approximately 15.6 degrees Celsius.
75 degrees Celsius is a unit of temperature measurement commonly used in the metric system. It is equivalent to 167 degrees Fahrenheit.
How much heat must be added to 120g of water at an initial temperature at 60 degrees Celsius?
To raise the temperature of 120g of water from 60°C to 100°C (boiling point), it would require 16,800 Joules of heat energy. This is calculated using the specific heat capacity of water (4.18 J/g°C) and the formula Q = mcΔT, where Q is the heat energy, m is the mass of water, c is the specific heat capacity of water, and ΔT is the change in temperature.
What would happen to the speed of sound if the air temperature dropped below 0 degrees celsius?
The speed of sound is given by the formula v = 331.5 + .6T, where T is the temperature of the air in degrees Celsius. If T were negative, then you would simply have a speed of sound less than 331.5 m/s. For example, if T = -5 degrees Celsius, then
v = 331.5 + .6*-5 = 328.5 m/s
There really isn't anything magic about an air temperature of 0 degrees Celsius. Zero degrees Celsius is the temperature at which water freezes, but nothing particularly interesting happens to _air_ at that temperature.
What is the freezing pint of water in Celsius?
Generally speaking, the freezing point of water is 0° Celsius or 32° Fahrenheit.
How much 52 degrees centigrade is in Fahrenheit?
52 degrees Celsius is equal to 125.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This conversion can be calculated using the formula: Fahrenheit = (Celsius * 9/5) + 32.
BTUs, or British Thermal Units, measure the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. The formula to calculate BTUs is: BTUs = weight of water (in pounds) x temperature change (in degrees Fahrenheit) x 1.
Alternatively, the formula can be expressed as: BTUs = (Flow rate in gallons per minute x change in temperature in degrees Fahrenheit) / 500.
How fast does water boil at sea level?
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) at sea level.
Why is kelvin not commonly used to measure temperature as compared to Fahrenheit or Celsius?
It is difficult to get a large number of people accustomed to a new system. Also, Fahrenheit and Celsius are more convenient ranges of numbers for commonly encountered temperatures. For example, water freezes at 0o Celsius, but at 273.15o Kelvin.
To calculate one should use:
[(mass Al).(specific heat Al).( Tf - TiAluminum)] + [(mass H2O).(specific heat H2O).(Tf - Tiwater)] = 0 (Law of conservation of energy or heat)
Tf is the final temperature in ºC (because there is a change in temperature, it does not have to be converted to Kelvin)
Ti is the initial temperature in ºC
Table values:
specific heat of water = 4.18 J/K.g
specific heat of Aluminum = 24.200 J/mol·K = 24.200(J/mol.K) / 26.98(g/mol) = 0.8970 J/K.g
So, solve this:
30*0.8970*(Tf - 95ºC) + 100*4.18*(Tf - 25) = 0
Tf = 29.34 ºC of both water and the immersed aluminum and supposed no water is evaporated.
Does the color dye in clear water effect it's temperature?
The dye will not affect the temperature of the water unless you have very small quantities of water. There can be a change of temperature when a solid dissolves but we are unlikely to observe this if there is a small amount of solid compared to the volume of water. If you are using less than a cup of water you may observe a temperature change.
What is 760 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit?
760 degrees Celsius is equivalent to 1400 degrees Fahrenheit. This conversion can be calculated using the formula: (Celsius temperature × 9/5) + 32 = Fahrenheit temperature.
What is 5500 degrees Celsius in degrees ferinhite?
5500 degrees Celsius is equivalent to 9932 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the freezing point of this solution 21.6 NiSO4?
The freezing point of a solution depends on its concentration and the properties of the solute. For a NiSO4 solution, the freezing point will be lower than that of pure water, but the exact value would require additional information such as the concentration of NiSO4 in the solution.
Why do you have 3 temperature scales?
The reason why there are 3 temperature scales is that people have introduced new temperature scales in order to improve on existing scales. Fahrenheit was first. There was no temperature scale before that. It is a bit awkward because it defines 100o as the normal temperature of the interior of the human body, which is not that convenient to measure (and oral thermometers read 98.6o because they are not quite in the interior of the human body, even though they do go into an orifice of the body). So the Celsius scale is easier to calibrate since it is based on the freezing point of water, at zero degrees, and the boiling point of water at a hundred degrees; these phenomena are relatively easy to observe. But then, there is an even more useful zero point for a temperature scale, which is the point at which there is actually no heat at all, in other words absolute zero, so this gives us degrees Kelvin.
It would be perfectly feasible to use only the Kelvin scale for everything, but then, we are used to using both of the other two scales, which have become well established, and people are reluctant to give them up. So we have 3 scales.
