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Why isn't temperature measured in Joules?
If we set the Boltzmann constant to $1$, then entropy would just be $\ln \Omega$, temperature would be measured in $\text{joules}$ ($\,\text{J}\,$), and average kinetic energy would be an integer ...
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273 + degree Celsius = Kelvin. Why 273?
Temperature conversion:
273 + degree Celsius = Kelvin
Actually why is that 273? How does one come up with this?
My teacher mentioned Gann's law (not sure if this is the one) but I couldn't find ...
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How do Temperature Scales work?
How exactly do temperature scales work?
If my understanding is correct, the Celsius scale has two fixed points: (definitions of temperature irrespective of scale)
1. The freezing point of pure water ...
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Units of Distance, Pressure, and Temperature [closed]
I need to store data.
I'd like to store them in Metric units and use a tool to convert them to and from other units that these data points will be displayed in.
As the title states, my constraints ...
