Convert kelvin to rankine, abbreviated as K to °R. This is based formula: rankine = kelvin × 1.8, under this rule, kelvins can be easily converted into rankines. Now, let’s discuss in more detail.
It’s the widely used temperature scale in various categories. It is also known as absolute scale. The freezing point of water is 273.15 kelvins. Unlike other two widely used scales (Celsius and Fahrenheit) it’s not represented with degree symbol as per convention. In Physical sciences, Kelvin is the basic/primary unit to measure temperature.
It is the SI unit and one of the base units of System International for temperature. Kelvin is quite similar to centigrade scale where coldest point is -273.16 (as an absolute zero)
It is named after the William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) who was engineer and Physicist at Glasgow University. In 1848, he calculate the absolute -273.15.
In 1954, Kelvin scale is recognized by its third definition via designing the third point of water by the resolution 3 of the General Conference of Weighs and measures.
It’s represented with the symbol K.
It’s absolute thermodynamic temperature scale because it based around Absolute zero. It’s quite similar to Kelvin scale. It is firstly used in US
The absolute zero for Fahrenheit is designed as absolute zero which is -459.67 degree Fahrenheit.
Zero kelvin is equal to 0 °R
Rankine is a unit of temperature. And its symbols are °R, °Ra
When it comes to its usage, some authors alternatively used it with Kelvin omitting the degree symbol. Some important temperatures related to Rankine scale are given below:
Absolute zero= 0 °R
Freezing Point =491.67 °R
Boiling Point =671.64102 °R
It is named after Macquorn Rankine. It’s usage context is especially concerned in engineering systems where heat computations are done usually in degree Fahrenheit.
If you want to know how to convert kelvin to rankine, you must get the conversion formula or factor first.
Kelvin to Rankine formula is:
Rankine = Kelvin × 1.8
1.8 is the conversion factor of kelvin to rankine.
For example, convert 20 K to °R
20 K = 20 × 1.8 = 36 °R
Through the above content, now you know how to convert kelvin to rankine. But if you want to convert kelvin to other temperature units, please click the corresponding link below.
In order to quickly obtain the conversion result from kelvin to rankine, we list some commonly used conversion numbers in the following table.
