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>The truth is, outside of a chemistry lab I don't care that much about the freezing and boiling points of water Even in a chemistry lab, Celsius isn't that gre
by Thorrez 7y ago
>The truth is, outside of a chemistry lab I don't care that much about the freezing and boiling points of water
Even in a chemistry lab, Celsius isn't that great, it's Kelvin that actually has an advantage. And Rankine would be about as good.
- alkonaut 7y agoC goes 90% of the way there because 90% of temperature usage in science is for delta-T. That said, you need to be aware of it so you don't accidentally use the occasional absolute temperature in C at some point.
- Thorrez 7y agoYes, C is useful in science because it's commonly used, not really because of any inherent usefulness. The network effect is the usefulness, and if F had that network effect it would be just as useful.
- dgellow 7y agoA Kelvin temperature is just the Celsius temperature +273°.
- Thorrez 7y agoA Rankine temperature is just the Fahrenheit temperature +459.67°.
- Tepix 7y agoI care very much about the freezing point of water outside. It means ice on the roads.
- Thorrez 7y agoMy point was about in the chemistry lab, not outside.
- Tepix 7y agoI don't work in a chemistry lab. But why is the boiling point of water not important there?
- Thorrez 7y agoIt is important, but more important is having absolute 0, which Celsius doesn't have. The other problem with Celsius and the boiling point is that the boiling point changes depending on air pressure, which changes depending on elevation. So it's not always 100°C.
- AngryData 7y ago0F is also works for that application too in a slightly different way, it is when a salted road starts to freeze back and becomes slippery again.