The Kelvin scale is named after the Belfast-born, Glasgow University engineer and physicist William Lord Kelvin (1824–1907). The Kelvin is a unit of measure for temperature based upon an absolute scale. The Kelvin is defined as the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (exactly 0.01 °C or 32.018 °F).
K = °C + 273
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Fahrenheit (°F) | {{fahrenheit}} |
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Newton (°N) | {{newton}} |
Rankine(°R) | {{rankine}} |
Réaumur (°Ré) | {{reaumur}} |
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