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Rankine - Definition and Overview |
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Rankine is a now rarely used temperature scale named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.
The symbol is usually given as °R, but since this may lead to confusion with the Rømer or Réaumur scales, °Ra is to be preferred. Like kelvin, Rankine zero is absolute zero, but Fahrenheit degrees are used. As a result, a difference of 1 °Ra is equal to a difference of 1 °F, but 0 °Ra is −459.67 °F.
The Rankine cycle is an idealised Thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine - ie one using water as the working fluid.
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