Rankine temperature scale

The topic Rankine temperature scale is discussed in the following articles:

absolute temperature scale

  • TITLE: thermodynamics
    SECTION: Temperature

comparison of temperature scales

  • TITLE: temperature (physics)
    ...that absolute zero coincides with 0 K), is recognized as the international standard for scientific temperature measurement. In certain fields of engineering, another absolute temperature scale, the Rankine scale, is preferred over the Kelvin scale. Its unit of measure—the degree Rankine (°R)—equals the Fahrenheit degree, as the...

comparison with Kelvin scale

  • TITLE: absolute zero (temperature)
    Another absolute temperature scale, once used for engineering applications in the United States, is the Rankine (°R) scale. The Rankine scale is based on the Fahrenheit temperature unit, which is 5/9 of the unit used in the Celsius and Kelvin scales. A temperature given in degrees Fahrenheit can be converted to degrees Rankine by adding 459.67.


  • TITLE: thermometer (measurement instrument)
    ...William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) proposed a system that used the degree Celsius but was keyed to absolute zero (−273.15 °C); the unit of this scale is now known as the kelvin. The Rankine scale (see William Rankine) employs the Fahrenheit degree keyed to absolute zero (−459.67 °F).