Question

A new temperature scale is proposed where ater freezes at -1 degree and boils at 9448 degrees. What is absolute zero in this new temp scale?

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Answer on Question #74517, Physics / Molecular Physics — Thermodynamics

Question A new temperature scale is proposed where ater freezes at -1 degree and boils at 9448 degrees. What is absolute zero in this new temp scale?

Solution Let us find correspondence of degrees in new scale and Kelvin scale. We know that freezing and boiling in Kelvin is at 273.15 and 373.15. Hence:

$1[N]=\frac{373.15-273.15}{9448-(-1)}\approx 0.0106\,[K]$

where N denotes decrees in new scale. From this we find that absolute zero is at:

$(-1)-\frac{273.15}{0.0106}\approx-25810.94\,N$