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Rankine scale - 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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Example Usage of Rankine |
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GeiKawauso: Temps tonight may drop below 32 Farhenheit, or 491.67 Rankine, 273.15 Kelvin, 0 Reaumur and Celsius. In other words, I can't fall asleep. |
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TCG: Clip of Claudia Rankine, author of THE PROVENANCE OF BEAUTY "But that's what experimental theatre is, the most unstable dynamic" #newplay |
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history_book: A Manual of Applied Mechanics - by William John Macquorn Rankine - BiblioBazaar. http://tinyurl.com/ylqbwgn |
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