| 单词 | temperature scales |
| 释义 | temperature scales A number of empirical scales of temperature have been in use: the Celsius scale is widely used for many purposes and in certain countries the Fahrenheit scale is still used. These scales both rely on the use of fixed points , such as the freezing point and the boiling point of water, and the division of the fundamental interval between these two points into units of temperature (100 degrees in the case of the Celsius scale and 180 degrees in the Fahrenheit scale). However, for scientific purposes the scale in use is the International Practical Temperature Scale (IPTS ), which is designed to conform as closely as possible to thermodynamic temperature and is expressed in the unit of thermodynamic temperature, the kelvin. The 1968 version of the table (known as IPTS-68) had 11 fixed points defined by both Celsius and thermodynamic temperatures. The most recent version (IPTS-90), introduced in 1990, has 16 fixed points with temperatures expressed in kelvins:Triple point of hydrogen: 13.8033 Boiling point of hydrogen (33 321.3 Pa): 17.035 Boiling point of hydrogen (101 292 Pa): 20.27 Triple point of neon: 24.5561 Triple point of oxygen: 54.3584 Triple point of argon: 83.8058 Triple point of mercury: 234.3156 Triple point of water: 273.16 (0.01°C) Melting point of gallium: 302.9146 Freezing point of indium: 429.7485 Freezing point of tin: 505.078 Freezing point of zinc: 692.677 Freezing point of aluminium: 933.473 Freezing point of silver: 1234.93 Freezing point of gold: 1337.33 Freezing point of copper: 1357.77 Methods for measuring intermediate temperatures between these fixed points are specified; for example, at low temperatures (0–5 K) they are measured by means of vapour-pressure determinations of 3He and 4He; at high temperatures (above 1234.93 K) a radiation pyrometer is used |
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