Temperature in Ideal Gas Law

[Isis_DW_3G]

Should we always use Celsius when plugging in temperature?
Thanks!

[Marylyn Makar 1B]

Hi! I'm pretty sure we have to use Kelvin for temperature

[Monica Soliman 3F]

In lecture today he said to always use Kelvin:)

[RDove_3G]

The gas constant R is expressed in J/Kelvin/mole so you have to use Kelvin when inputting the temperature of the gas so the units cancel.

[Jiwon_Chae_3L]

Kelvin should be used so that the units are properly canceled out in the equation

[Phoebe Joseph]

Make sure to always use Kelvin!

[Joey_Okumura_1E]

The temperature will always be in Kelvin. Kelvin does not have any negative values so this eliminates any sign confusion.

[Serena Song 1A]

For Ideal Gas Law, we should use Kelvin. Since pressure and volume can't be negative, the value plugged in for temperature must also never be negative so that the two sides of the equation can be equal. Because Kelvin can't go below zero, we use it as opposed to Fahrenheit or Celsius.

[Jiapeng Han 1C]

We actually use Kelvin for the temperature in Ideal Gas Equation.

[Akriti Ratti 1H]

Hi! In the lecture, he said we should be using Kelvin.

[sophia kosturos 2B]

we are supposed to always use Kelvin when plugging the temperature into the ideal gas law formula.

[Ariel Guan 1H]

Nope, you use Kelvin :))

[Keeryth Sandhu 1H]

I think we need to convert to Kelvin for ideal gas law.

[Brian Bui 3H]

Use Kelvin! So if you're given Celsius add 273.15 to convert the temperature to Kelvin. This is to maintain consistent units with the gas constant, R, which has K as one of its units.

[Lorraine Medina 3E]

we use kelvin when plugging in for the ideal gas law! hope this helps :)