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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by mcv on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:13AM (#18449271)
It's also wrong. Kelvin is not in degrees. It's just 100M Kelvin.
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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by antx on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @08:17AM (#18449596)
You're right, the degree was removed in 1967, because Kelvin's units are considered absolute. However, one could argue that, since it has a scale, each "step" or "unit" can be considered a "degree", like in a literal scale. In informal conversation, we should not be so pedantic. Even some modern scientific textbooks still include the degree.
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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by mcv on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:23AM (#18449980)
> the degree was removed in 1967

I did not know that. I've always thought it was originally defined as units Kelvin, without degree.

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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by monochromatic on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @08:24AM (#18449640)
Indeed. Nobody’s going to be confused by “degrees Kelvin.”
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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by jasonincanada on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:21AM (#18449968)
Technically 100M kelvins
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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by tantalor on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @11:16AM (#18450966)
100 megakelvins (MK)
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Re:Chinese Tokamak reaches over 100M degrees by Skunkleton on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:01PM (#18452750)
Who is Kelvin and why are there so many of him?
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