Kelvin

The kelvin (symbol: K) is a unit to measure temperature. It is one of the
seven SI base units. It is defined by two factors: zero kelvin is absolute
zero (when molecular motion stops), and one kelvin is the fraction 1/273.16
of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (0.01 ¡C). The
Celsius temperature scale is now defined in terms of the kelvin.

It is named after the physicist and engineer William Thomson, who became
Lord Kelvin when he was made a peer.

The kelvin as an SI unit is correctly written with a lowercase k (unless at
the beginning of a sentence), and is never preceded by the words degree or
degrees, or the symbol ¡, unlike Fahrenheit, Celsius or centigrade. This is
because the latter three are scales of measurement, whereas the kelvin is a
unit of measurement.

Conversion factors

kelvin to Celsius

     K - 273.15

Celsius to kelvin

     C + 273.15

kelvin to Fahrenheit

     [(1.8 \times K) - 459.67]

Fahrenheit to kelvin

     [\frac{(F + 459.67)}{1.8}]

electron volts to kelvin

     [\frac{eV}{11,604}]

kelvin to electron volts

     [K \times 11,604]

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