• The Rankine scale (/ˈræŋkɪn/) is an absolute scale of thermodynamic temperature named after the University of Glasgow engineer and physicist Macquorn Rankine...
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    First Law. He developed the Rankine scale, a Fahrenheit-based equivalent to the Celsius-based Kelvin scale of temperature. Rankine developed a complete theory...
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    scales are in use or have historically been used for measuring temperature: Kelvin scale Celsius scale Fahrenheit scale Rankine scale Delisle scale Newton...
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    scales have their numerical zero coincident with the absolute zero of temperature. Examples are the International SI temperature scale, the Rankine temperature...
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  • comparisons among eight different temperature scales, several of which have long been obsolete. Temperatures on scales that either do not share a numeric zero...
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  • dynamics, named for Rankine Rankine scale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale, named for Rankine Rankine cycle, a thermodynamic...
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  • absolute-temperature scale related to the Celsius scale Rankine scale, an absolute-temperature scale related to the Fahrenheit scale For a type of measuring system that begins...
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    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...
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    point of water. The Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Rankine scales were redefined in terms of the Kelvin scale using this definition. The 2019 redefinition of...
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  • also sometimes used for the Réaumur and Rankine scales, the other symbol °Rø is to be preferred. Rømer's scale would have been lost to history if Rømer's...
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    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...
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    or Rankine scales. This should be distinguished from temperatures expressed as negative numbers on non-thermodynamic Celsius or Fahrenheit scales, which...
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    temperature scales would have their units named after someone closely associated with them; namely, Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, Réaumur and Rankine. Notwithstanding...
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  • Kelvin, and Fahrenheit are common temperature scales. Other scales used throughout history include Rankine, Rømer, Newton, Delisle, Réaumur, Gas mark, Leiden...
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    T {\displaystyle T} is temperature of the air in the Rankine scale. To convert between Rankine and degrees Fahrenheit: T [ R ] = T [ ∘ F ] + 459.67 {\displaystyle...
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    Celsius scale, −459.67 °F on the Fahrenheit scale, and 0.00 °R on the Rankine scale. Since temperature relates to the thermal energy held by an object or...
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  • units Scale of temperature Conversion of scales of temperature Celsius Delisle scale Fahrenheit Gas mark Kelvin Leiden scale Newton scale Rankine scale Réaumur...
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    customary units or imperial units). The corresponding Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales set their zero points at absolute zero by definition. It is commonly...
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    The Réaumur scale (French pronunciation: [ʁeomy(ː)ʁ]; °Ré, °Re, °r), also known as the "octogesimal division", is a temperature scale for which the melting...
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  • photon whose wavenumber is the Rydberg constant Rankine scale (°R, °Ra) Réaumur scale (°Ré, °Re, °r) Rømer scale (°R, °Rø) Gas constant (R), in chemistry R...
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  • temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit (both relative units, where kelvin and Rankine scale are their associated absolute values): Celsius: [0, 10, 20, 30, 40]...
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    {\displaystyle T_{\rm {C}}\,} , measured in an absolute scale, such as the Kelvin or Rankine scale. From Carnot's theorem, for any engine working between...
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    and the T {\displaystyle T} is the absolute temperature (kelvin or Rankine scale). In statistical mechanics the description is: Z = p V n R T {\displaystyle...
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    The Rankine–Hugoniot conditions, also referred to as Rankine–Hugoniot jump conditions or Rankine–Hugoniot relations, describe the relationship between...
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  • differences, 1 K = 1 °C ≠ 1 °F = 1 °R. (Here °R refers to the Rankine scale, not the Réaumur scale). Unit conversion for temperature differences is simply a...
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    the U.S. to measure temperatures in most non-scientific contexts. The Rankine scale of absolute temperature also saw some use in thermodynamics. Scientists...
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    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...
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    Rankine is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, and released in 2003, as the successor to Kelvin microarchitecture. It was named...
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  • must be measured using a thermodynamic temperature scale based at absolute zero such as Kelvin or Rankine. The EER is calculated by multiplying the COP by...
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  • 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...
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