Scale of thermodynamic temperature
- Temperature is a scalar quantity measured in degrees Celsius (°C) or kelvin (K)
- Kelvin is the SI base unit for temperature
The Kelvin scale
- The scale of thermodynamic temperature does not depend on the property of any particular substance
- The thermodynamic temperature scale is also known as the Kelvin scale
- The thermodynamic scale is an absolute scale because it is not defined in terms of the properties of any particular substances
- This is unlike the degrees Celsius (oC) temperature scale which is based on the properties of water
The degrees Celsius scale
- When the degrees Celsius (oC) temperature scale was created
- The freezing point of water was taken as taken as 0 oC
- The boiling point as 100 oC
- The Celsius scale measures the temperature in a liquid-in-glass thermometer
- The expansion of the liquid is not always linear