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temperature scale [′tem·prə·chər ‚skāl] (thermodynamics) An assignment of numbers to temperatures in a continuous manner, such that the resulting function is single valued; it is either an empirical temperature scale, based on some convenient property of a substance or object, or it measures the absolute temperature. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For the other end of the temperature scale, Bayer researchers have come up with tough, glass-reinforced Baymer PUR foams (PIR would be too brittle) to insulate liquid natural gas (LNG) tankers at -200 C (-328 F). This young man would become best known as Lord Kelvin; today the name Kelvin describes a temperature scale. NIST staff recently completed work on Key Comparison 3 of the Consultative Committee on Thermometry (CCT-K3), which compares realizations of the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) over the industrially important temperature range -189 [degrees]C to 660 [degrees]C. |
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