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Rankine Scale Definition:: Kelvin Celsius Fahrenheit Rankine

The Rankine scale is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale named after William Rankine. It uses the degree Fahrenheit as its scale unit (degree Rankine), rather than the degree Celsius used by the Kelvin scale. Zero degrees Rankine is equal to absolute zero, and some engineering fields in the United States still use Rankine for measuring thermodynamic temperature. The table provided shows conversions between Rankine, Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit at important temperature points.

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Rankine Scale Definition:: Kelvin Celsius Fahrenheit Rankine

The Rankine scale is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale named after William Rankine. It uses the degree Fahrenheit as its scale unit (degree Rankine), rather than the degree Celsius used by the Kelvin scale. Zero degrees Rankine is equal to absolute zero, and some engineering fields in the United States still use Rankine for measuring thermodynamic temperature. The table provided shows conversions between Rankine, Kelvin, Celsius, and Fahrenheit at important temperature points.

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Rankine scale

Definition:
Rankine (/rkn/) is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale named after the Glasgow
University engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859. (The Kelvin
scale was first proposed in 1848.) The symbol for degrees Rankine is R[2] (or Ra if necessary to
distinguish it from the Rmer and Raumur scales). By analogy with kelvin, some authors call the unit
rankine, omitting the degree symbol. Zero on both the Kelvin and Rankine scales is absolute zero, but
the Rankine degree is defined as equal to one degree Fahrenheit, rather than the one degree Celsius
used by the Kelvin scale. A temperature of 459.67 F is exactly equal to 0 R.
Some engineering fields in the United States measure thermodynamic temperature using the Rankine
scale. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology recommends against using degrees
Rankine in NIST publications. Some key temperatures relating the Rankine scale to other temperature
scales are shown in the table below.

Absolute zero
(by definition)

Freezing point of brine


(by definition (on Fahrenheit scale only))

Freezing point of water[6]

Triple point of water


(by definition)

Boiling point of water[7]

Kelvin

Celsius

Fahrenheit

Rankine

0K

273.15 C

459.67 F

0 R

255.37 K

17.78 C

0 F

459.67 R

273.15 K

0 C

32 F

491.67 R

273.16 K

0.01 C

32.018 F

491.688 R

373.1339 K

99.9839 C

211.97102 F

671.64102 R

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