Why is there a degrees sign for Celcius and Fahrenheit, but not for Kelvin? I understand that you don't actually say "degrees Kelvin" out loud, but I still don't really know why. My teacher said something about it being an absolute temperature scale, but that kind of confused me more. Can anyone explain?

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Susan Schultz

Chemistry

18 February, 04:54

Why is there a degrees sign for Celcius and Fahrenheit, but not for Kelvin? I understand that you don't actually say "degrees Kelvin" out loud, but I still don't really know why. My teacher said something about it being an absolute temperature scale, but that kind of confused me more. Can anyone explain?

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Paulina Thompson · Answer 1

The reason why there are no degrees is because it is an absolute temperature scale, meaning that there aare no negative degrees like in celsius or fahrenheit. 0 Kelvin is the coldest possible temperature

Easton Harding · Answer 2

because of the slight inaccuracies in both Centigrade and Fahrenheit, we use the degree system as slight compensation. Kelvin, is and absolute measurement system, and far more accurate, and therefore the reason why we don't use degrees Kelvin.