Question

At a pressure of one atmosphere oxygen boils at −182.9°C and freezes at −218.3°C. Consider a temperature scale where the boiling point of oxygen is 100.0°O and the freezing point is 0°O. Determine the temperature on the Oxygen scale that corresponds to the absolute zero point on the Kelvin scale.

Answer 1

Answer: -254.51°O

Explanation:

Ok, in our scale, we have:

-182.9°C corresponds to 100° O

-218.3°C corresponds to 0°

Then we can find the slope of this relation as:

S = (100° - 0°)/(-182.9°C - (-218.3°C)) = 2.82°O/°C

So we can have the linear relationship between the scales is:

Y = (2.82°O/°C)*X + B

in this relation, X is the temperature in Celcius and Y is the temperature in the new scale.

And we know that when X = -182.9°C, we must have Y = 0°O

then:

0 = (2.82°O/°C)*(-182.9°C) + B

B = ( 2.82°O/°C*189.9°C) = 515.778°O.

now, we want to find the 0 K in this scale, and we know that:

0 K = -273.15°C

So we can use X =  -273.15°C in our previous equation and get:

Y = (2.82°O/°C)*(-273.15°C) + 515.778°O = -254.51°O