13.1 Temperature
Converting among Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin scales, thermal equilibrium, and the zeroth law that makes thermometry meaningful.
5 exercises
13.1 Exercise 1
This law was postulated in the 1930s, after the first and second laws of thermodynamics had been developed and named. It is called the zeroth law because it comes logically before the first and second laws (discussed in Thermodynamics). Suppose, for example, a cold metal block and a hot metal block are both placed on a metal plate at room temperature. Eventually the cold block and the plate will b…
13.1 Exercise 6
What is the Fahrenheit temperature of a person with a fever?
13.1 Exercise 8
To conserve energy, room temperatures are kept at in the winter and in the summer. What are these temperatures on the Celsius scale?
13.1 Exercise 10
The surface temperature of the Sun is about 5750 K. What is this temperature on the Fahrenheit scale?
13.1 Exercise 12
(a) Suppose a cold front blows into your locale and drops the temperature by 40.0 Fahrenheit degrees. How many degrees Celsius does the temperature decrease when there is a decrease in temperature? (b) Show that any change in temperature in Fahrenheit degrees is nine-fifths the change in Celsius degrees.
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