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Not sure why a temperature system that uses the freezing point of water as inferior to one that arbitrarily has it at 32 -- nm

Posted by Zorcàs (aka zork) Jul 1 '14, 12:23

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Setting "0" as the freezing point of water is also arbitrary. Why does the temperature need to be tied to - TWuG Jul 1, 12:52 6
- it's an obvious reference point for the scale -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 13:01
- it's kinda available everywhere? -- nm - marcel Jul 1, 12:59 2
  - But the freezing point isn't consistent. Altitude and salinity both affect the scale. -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 13:04 1
    - in any lab in the world you can take pure water at a standard atmosphere of pressure and measure the temperature that it freezes. The other marker (bo - Zorcàs Jul 1, 13:32
- becouse "cold beer" is a subjective scale -- nm - Dándukini Jul 1, 12:57
- Or a base 10 numerical system. -- nm - Wawa Jul 1, 12:55
you could use Metric and Fahrenheit, no? -- nm - marcel Jul 1, 12:29
Why is it superior? -- nm - Ender Jul 1, 12:27
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- 100 divisions between melting and boiling is convenient. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 13:36
- sure, but K is C-273.something, which makes it a much easier conversion than F. -- nm - mafaça Jul 1, 12:32 2
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  - this -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 1, 12:33
But 32 *is* the freezing point of water -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 1, 12:25
couse the temp water freezes is dependent on the salinity -- nm - Dándukini Jul 1, 12:24 4
- then that's not water, but a saline solution. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 13:34
- sure but it taste like nothing then :) -- nm - Dándukini Jul 1, 12:39
- obviously definitions are made using pure water -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 1, 12:35
- and air pressure -- nm - mafaça Jul 1, 12:32

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