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What is difference between Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin?

Kelvin is the temperature scale devised and used to measure


temperature from the melting point of ice (0 deg Celsius) down to
absolute zero, the total absence of heat. Celsius and Fahrenheit
are mainly used to measure temperatures from the melting point
of ice and up. Zero Kelvin is equal to −273.15 deg Celsius and
-459.67 deg Fahrenheit. When Fahrenheit invented his 212
degree temperature scale it was thought that the absolute zero
temperature was just 32 degrees of the scale below the melting
point of ice. It later transpired that the absolute zero point was
much lower, 427.67 deg Fahrenheit lower. The Celsius scale
equally divides the temperature range between the melting point
of ice and the boiling point of water into 100 equal parts. 0 deg
Celsius is equal to 273.15 Kelvins and 32 deg Fahrenheit. The
boiling point of water is 100 deg Celsius which is also 373.15
Kelvins and 212 deg Fahrenheit. The SI units are Kelvin and
Celsius. Fahrenheit is becoming obsolete in the international
arena.

Made by:
Rahiman C. Navarro

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