How do you convert kelvin to celsius and vice versa?

1 Answer

The conversion is #pm 273.15^@# - you subtract from #"^@C# and add to #"^@K#.

Explanation:

The distance between the units is the same with Kelvin and Celsius (unlike Fahrenheit and Celsius where the spaces between each degree is different).

And so the conversion is #pm 273.15^@# - you subtract from #"^@C# and add to #"^@K#.

The reason these two systems exist is that for Celsius we care about a scale of 100 degrees from water freezing to water boiling. For Kelvin, we care about the number of degrees starting from Absolute Zero.