Physics A-Level
Absolute temperature
What Absolute temperature means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Absolute temperature
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Reference: OCR
Thermodynamic temperature in kelvin, always converting T to K by adding 273 rather than using degrees Celsius.
Topics that use Absolute temperature
- Ideal gases (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Absolute zero
- Assumptions of ideal-gas behaviour
- Assumptions of kinetic theory
- Avogadro constant
- Boltzmann constant
- Gas laws
- Ideal gas assumptions
- Internal energy and the ideal-gas model
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