Standard 5e Preknowledge
5e) Students know how to convert between the Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales.
CALIFORNIA FRAMEWORKS SUMMARY: Some chemical calculations require an absolute temperature scale, called the Kelvin scale (K), for which the coldest possible temperature is equal to zero. There are no negative temperatures on the Kelvin scale. In theory if a sample of any material is cooled as much as possible, the lowest temperature that can be reached is 0 K, experimentally determined as equivalent to -273.15°C. The Kelvin scale starts with absolute zero (0 K) because of this theoretical lowest temperature limit. A Kelvin temperature is always 273.15 degrees greater than an equivalent Celsius temperature, but a Kelvin temperature is specified without the degree symbol. The magnitude of one unit of change in the K scale is equal to the magnitude of one unit of change on the °C scale.