Homework Help: Converting from degK/s to degC/s?

seichan · Apr 30, 2008

Alright, I know how to convert from Kelvin to Celsius (subtract 273), but I really don't know how many degrees Celsius are to Kelvin. (I need to convert .021 degK/s to deg/C)

lzkelley · Apr 30, 2008

its the reverse. You add 273.
technically 273.15 (but whatever).

hage567 · Apr 30, 2008

seichan said: ↑

Alright, I know how to convert from Kelvin to Celsius (subtract 273), but I really don't know how many degrees Celsius are to Kelvin. (I need to convert .021 degK/s to deg/C)

1 degree Celcius = 1 degree Kelvin. The two scales are just offset from each other by the 273.

sean80439 · Apr 30, 2008

One starts at absolute zero and one starts at freezing point of water.

seichan · Apr 30, 2008

Is this how you convert the derivative, though? I know how to convert when it isn't the derivative, but...

lzkelley · May 1, 2008

... what?
Maybe derivative isn't the word you're looking for?

HallsofIvy · May 1, 2008

What exactly is it you are trying to calculate? Since the "sizes" of degrees K and degrees C are the same, temperature increasing by 1 degree Kelvin also increases by 1 degree C. If temperature is increasing by, say 10 degrees Kelvin per hour, it is increasing by 10 degrees Centigrade per hour.