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====Non-SI temperature scales====
====Non-SI temperature scales====
'''Rankine temperature scale''' <br>
'''Rankine temperature scale''' <br>
0°R corresponds to 0 kelvin, and 1.8 degrees Rankine is equivalent to 1 kevlin <ref>[http://pml.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB9.html#TEMPERATURE NIST guide to SI Units]</ref>
0°R corresponds to 0 kelvin, and 1.8 degrees Rankine is equivalent to 1 kevlin <ref>[http://pml.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB9.html#TEMPERATURE NIST guide to SI Units]</ref>. The Rankine temperature scale is named after [[William John Macquorn Rankine]].


==Kinetic temperature==
==Kinetic temperature==

Revision as of 15:45, 28 September 2010

The temperature of a system in classical thermodynamics is intimately related to the zeroth law of thermodynamics; two systems having to have the same temperature if they are to be in thermal equilibrium (i.e. there is no net heat flow between them). However, it is most useful to have a temperature scale. By making use of the ideal gas law one can define an absolute temperature

however, perhaps a better definition of temperature is

where is the entropy.

Temperature scale

Temperature has the SI units (Système International d'Unités) of kelvin (K) (named in honour of William Thomson [1]) The kelvin is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water[2] [3].

Non-SI temperature scales

Rankine temperature scale
0°R corresponds to 0 kelvin, and 1.8 degrees Rankine is equivalent to 1 kevlin [4]. The Rankine temperature scale is named after William John Macquorn Rankine.

Kinetic temperature

where is the Boltzmann constant. The kinematic temperature so defined is related to the equipartition theorem; for more details, see Configuration integral.

Configurational temperature

[5] [6]

Non-equilibrium temperature

[7] [8]

Inverse temperature

It is frequently convenient to define a so-called inverse temperature, , such that

Negative temperature

See also

References