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The document provides an overview of temperature, its measurement, and conversion between different scales: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. It explains how temperature is related to atomic movement, the types of thermometers, and includes conversion formulas for changing temperature values between the scales. Additionally, it offers examples of temperature conversions to aid understanding.

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The document provides an overview of temperature, its measurement, and conversion between different scales: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin. It explains how temperature is related to atomic movement, the types of thermometers, and includes conversion formulas for changing temperature values between the scales. Additionally, it offers examples of temperature conversions to aid understanding.

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Temperature Notes

•Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit


•Write notes, put in portfolio.
•Everything Underlined – COPY IT!
•Study. Read over notes daily.
•Enjoy the learning process.
• Temperature is how hot or cold something is. Temperature is
really a measure of how fast the atoms and molecules that make
up a substance are moving (this movement is sub-‐microscopic;
you cannot see it).

• A thermometer measures the temperature of


something, showing how hot or cold it is.

• There are many different types of thermometers that


measure the temperature of different things. We use
thermometers to measure the temperature of the air, our
bodies, food, and many other things. There are analog and
digital thermometers. An analog thermometer shows the
temperature on a scale or dial; a digital thermometer shows the
temperature as a number.
• The higher the number above zero, the higher the temperature.
Copy this table down in your notes.

• Temperature is measured in many


different scales, including Fahrenheit,
Celsius (or Centigrade), and Kelvin scales.
•The units of the Celsius
and Fahrenheit scales are
called degrees. The symbol
for degree is °.

•The units of the Kelvin


scale are called Kelvins.
•A change of one degree of
temperature Celsius is the same
as a change of one Kelvin.
•A change of one degree
Fahrenheit is a smaller change
in temperature.
•Each temperature scale is
useful for different things.
• Fahrenheit is a measure of temperature
that is abbreviated F.
• Water freezes at 32°F and boils at 212°F.
• This scale was developed by Gabriel
Daniel Fahrenheit in 1714.
• The Fahrenheit scale is used in the USA
but not in many other countries.
• The degrees in Fahrenheit are smaller
than those in Celsius, making weather-‐
related temperatures more easily written
(without having to use a decimal point).
•Celsius (also called Centigrade) is
a measure of temperature that
is abbreviated C.
•Water freezes at 0°C and boils
at 100°C.
•This scale was developed
by Anders Celsius in 1742.
•Kelvin is a measure of
temperature that is abbreviated K.
•Kelvin is a temperature scale
designed so that 0 (zero) K is defined
as absolute zero, and the size of one
unit is the same as the size of one
degree Celsius.
•(Absolute zero is a hypothetical
temperature at which all
molecular movement stops).
• All actual temperatures are above
absolute zero.
• Absolute zero would occur at -‐273.16°C,
-‐459.69°F, or 0 (zero) K.]
• Water freezes at 273.16K; water boils
at 373.16K.
• Many scientists use this scale (because
all the temperatures are positive, making
calculations simpler) or the Celsius scale.
• This temperature scale was designed by
Lord Kelvin (William Thomson).
Conversion Formulas
If you know the temperature in one temperature scale you can use a
formula to figure out what it is equivalent to in other scales. The
conversion formulas are in the table that follows.

COPY THIS CONVERSION FORMULA CHART IN YOUR NOTES


Examples:
• This example problem illustrates the method to
convert temperatures from Celsius to
Fahrenheit.
• Problem: What is the temperature in Fahrenheit
of 20 °C?
• Solution:
• The conversion formula for °C to °F is
• TF = 1.8(TC) + 32
• TF = 1.8(20) + 32
• TF = 36 + 32
• TF = 68 °F
• Answer: The temperature in Fahrenheit of 20 °C
is 68 °F. COPY THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR NOTES
Examples:
• Here is an example problem that explains how to
convert a temperature from degrees on the
Celsius scale to Kelvin.
• Celsius to Kelvin Problem #1
• Convert 27° C to Kelvin.
• Celsius to Kelvin Solution #1
• K = °C + 273
• K = 27 + 273
• K = 300
• 300 K
• Note that the answer is 300 K. Kelvin is
not expressed in degrees.
COPY THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR NOTES
Examples:
• Celsius to Kelvin Problem #2
• Convert 77° C to Kelvin.
• Celsius to Kelvin
• Solution #2
• K = °C + 273
• K = 77 + 273
• K = 350
• 350 K
COPY THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR NOTES
Temperature Unit Conversion Problem
Worked Problem Converting from Fahrenheit to Celsius and Kelvin
• Problem: Express normal body temperature, 98.6°F, in
°C and K.
• Solution: The Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion
equation may be expressed in this form:
• F° = = 1.8(°C) + 32
• Enter 98.6 for the F°
• 98.6 = 1.8(°C) + 32
• 1.8(°C) = 98.6 – 32
• 1.8(°C) = 66.6
• °C = 66.6/1.8°C = 37.0
• To solve for Kelvin:
• K = °C +273K = 37.0 + 273
• K = 310
• Answer: 98.6 °F is equal to 37.0°C and 310 K
COPY THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR NOTES

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