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xkcd #2877: Fever (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What about rankine?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

That one is easy. Rankine and Kelvin line up at 0 and technically a bit at 1 as well. sort of.

More like 0.5555 Kelvin and 1 Rankine, but I'm allowed to round up a bit in this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What about Rankine and Celsius?

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where does Rankine line up with Celsius?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Never. Rankine increases faster than Celcius, so the two will never cross

  • Rankine starts at zero
  • Celsius starts at -273.15°
  • Rankine at room temperature 527.67
  • Celcius at room temperature 20

Those lines do not cross

[–] threelonmusketeers 5 points 8 months ago

Huh, so the lines do cross, just at a pysically impossible temperature of -614.5875. Neat!