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The absolute temperature (Kelvin scale) T is related to the temperature `t_(c)` on the Celsius scale by `t_(c) = T - 273.15`
Why do we have `273.15` in this relation, and not `273.16 `?

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Triple - point is `0.01^(@) C ," not " 0 ^(@) C` .
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