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ryan213@lemmy.ca to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

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ryan213@lemmy.ca to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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    Never heard about °R and °RA before this meme

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      It’s the Rankine. Some Scottish dude wanted to use Kelvin without using Kelvin. It’s basically the Fahrenheit scale but with 0˚R set at absolute zero.

      0˚R = 0K and 1˚R = 0K + 1˚F

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        From what I can gather, R and Ra are the same thing?

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          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réaumur_scale

          so, they meant °r probably

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      https://byjus.com/physics/unit-of-temperature/

      I had to look out up too!

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