Absolute temperature scale using Fahrenheit degrees
This article is about the temperature scale. For the idealized thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine, see Rankine cycle. For the scale measuring recovery after stroke, see Modified Rankin Scale.
Rankine
Unit of
Temperature
Symbol
R, °R, °Ra
Named after
Macquorn Rankine
Conversions
x R in ...
... corresponds to ...
Kelvin scale
5/9x K
Celsius scale
(5/9x − 273.15) °C
Fahrenheit
(x − 459.67) °F
The Rankine scale (/ˈræŋkɪn/) is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature named after the University of Glasgow engineer and physicist Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.[1]
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The Rankinescale (/ˈræŋkɪn/) is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature named after the University of Glasgow engineer and physicist Macquorn Rankine...
First Law. He developed the Rankinescale, a Fahrenheit-based equivalent to the Celsius-based Kelvin scale of temperature. Rankine developed a complete theory...
scales are in use or have historically been used for measuring temperature: Kelvin scale Celsius scale Fahrenheit scaleRankinescale Delisle scale Newton...
scales have their numerical zero coincident with the absolute zero of temperature. Examples are the International SI temperature scale, the Rankine temperature...
comparisons among eight different temperature scales, several of which have long been obsolete. Temperatures on scales that either do not share a numeric zero...
absolute-temperature scale related to the Celsius scale Rankinescale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale For a type of measuring system that begins...
dynamics, named for RankineRankinescale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale, named for RankineRankine cycle, a thermodynamic...
Kelvin, and Fahrenheit are common temperature scales. Other scales used throughout history include Rankine, Rømer, Newton, Delisle, Réaumur, Gas mark, Leiden...
point of water. The Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Rankinescales were redefined in terms of the Kelvin scale using this definition. The 2019 redefinition of...
temperature scales would have their units named after someone closely associated with them; namely, Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Rankine. Notwithstanding...
thermal engineering, the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is a type of thermodynamic cycle. It is a variation of the Rankine cycle named for its use of an organic...
Celsius scale, −459.67 °F on the Fahrenheit scale, and 0.00 °R on the Rankinescale. Since temperature relates to the thermal energy held by an object or...
customary units or imperial units). The corresponding Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales set their zero points at absolute zero by definition. It is commonly...
Celsius scales intersect numerically at −40 in the respective unit (i.e, −40 °F ≘ −40 °C). Absolute zero is 0 K, −273.15 °C, or −459.67 °F. The Rankine temperature...
or Rankinescales. This should be distinguished from temperatures expressed as negative numbers on non-thermodynamic Celsius or Fahrenheit scales, which...
units Scale of temperature Conversion of scales of temperature Celsius Delisle scale Fahrenheit Gas mark Kelvin Leiden scale Newton scaleRankinescale Réaumur...
temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit (both relative units, where kelvin and Rankinescale are their associated absolute values): Celsius: [0, 10, 20, 30, 40]...
{\displaystyle T_{\rm {C}}\,} , measured in an absolute scale, such as the Kelvin or Rankinescale. From Carnot's theorem, for any engine working between...
and the T {\displaystyle T} is the absolute temperature (kelvin or Rankinescale). In statistical mechanics the description is: Z = p V n R T {\displaystyle...
is at a minimum, and the Rankine temperature scale are also referred to as absolute scales. In that case, an absolute scale is a system of measurement...
differences, 1 K = 1 °C ≠ 1 °F = 1 °R. (Here °R refers to the Rankinescale, not the Réaumur scale). Unit conversion for temperature differences is simply a...
the U.S. to measure temperatures in most non-scientific contexts. The Rankinescale of absolute temperature also saw some use in thermodynamics. Scientists...
The Delisle scale is a temperature scale invented in 1732 by the French astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688–1768). Delisle was the author of Mémoires...