Chemistry for Engineering Students
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Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.23PAE
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Interpretation:
What is the evidence which first realized that absolute scale of temperature is required.
Concept Introduction:
- There are three temperature scales Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin. Where the Kelvin scale is known as the absolute scale of temperature.
- The conversion of the temp values among these scales is as follows-
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