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Challenge: Problem 2

In the Presentation, we outlined briefly how empirical magnetic temperatures were converted into absolute Kelvin temperatures. Select those items which indicate how this is done. You should, of course, refer back to the relevant section in the Presentation, for this problem is not intended as a test of memory.

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temperatures of one empirical scale translated into temperatures of another scale by a formula		 2
temperature put directly proportional to pressure of a gas		 3
temperature put proportional to measure of thermometric property		 4
use of First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics to write an equation for temperature		 5
100 degrees specified between the ice point and the steam point
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number given to the triple point of water: 273.16°K		 7
numbers given to fixed points		 8
temperature defined so as to increase with increase of internal energy		 9
measurements of specific heat under conditions where no work is involved		 10
heat input always increases the entropy (thermal extension), and sometimes the temperature (thermal intensity) of a system
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concept of internal energy as directly proportional to temperature		 12
ratio of thermal intensities expressed in terms of quantities of heat and work		 13
calibration so as to make thermometer readings as close to the thermodynamic values as possible		 14
a system conceived as consisting of myriads of interacting particles		 15
measurements of gradient or derivative of temperature with respect to entropy
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the thermal intensities of two systems cannot be added together		 17
an interval of one degree at 200°K does not have the same thermodynamic value as a one degree interval at 400°K		 18
reproducible indication of a particular thermal intensity		 19
ratio of absolute temperatures		 20
a minute part of a system has the same thermal intensity as the whole system