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    Scales of Temperature

    SCALES OF TEMPERATURE
    SCALES OF TEMPERATURE
    There are three main scales of temperature:
    1) Centigrade or Celsius Scale
    2) Kelvin Scale
    3) Fahrenheit Scale
    CONVERSION

    CALORIC THEORY
    Up to nineteenth century it was believed a weightless fluid called caloric which existed in every material body. Caloric is a hypothetical weightless fluid. Every object contains a specific amount of caloric. Hot bodies contains more caloric than the cold bodies.
    If caloric is added to a body ,its temperature increases. When a body is broken, a large amount of caloric is released.
    FAILURE OF CALORIC THEORY
    Caloric Theory has discarded now because it was unable to explain a number of thermodynamics process including production of heat by friction.

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