What is the Kelvin temperature scale and how does it compare with Celsius and Fahrenheit scales?
The Kelvin scale is a scale that measures temperatures beginning with absolute zero, the lowest possible temperature at which matter can exist. According to the Kelvin scale, absolute zero is 0° Kelvin, fresh water freezes at 273.15° Kelvin, and fresh water boils at 373.15° Kelvin. The Kelvin temperature scale is named after William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907), the British physicist (a scientist specializing in the interaction between matter and energy) who devised it in 1848. Temperature is the level of heat in a gas, liquid, or solid. The freezing and boiling points of water are used as standard reference levels in both the metric scales (centigrade or Celsius) and the English scale (Fahrenheit). In the metric scale, the difference between freezing and boiling is divided into 100 equal…
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