Fahrenheit to Rankine Conversion (°F to °R)

Fahrenheit to Rankine Conversions

Fahrenheit Definition

Fahrenheit is a temperature measurement unit and a scale developed in the beginning of the 18^th century by a German physicist and scientists D. G. Fahrenheit. This unit is widely used in the US and other countries of the world using the Imperial system. It is accepted by SI with the given symbol F. Fahrenheit scale is based on two fixed points: 32F is defined as water freezing point, and 212F is water boiling point.

Rankine Definition

Rankine is a very rarely used thermodynamic temperature scale and a unit for temperature measurement in the Imperial system, with the symbol R. The scale was proposed in the middle of the 19th century by a British physician and scientist W. J. Rankine. It is based on Fahrenheit scale and uses the common water freezing point as 459.67 °R and water boiling point as 671.69 °R.

About °F to °R Converter

This is a very easy to use fahrenheit to rankine converter. First of all just type the fahrenheit (°F) value in the text field of the conversion form to start converting °F to °R, then select the decimals value and finally hit convert button if auto calculation didn't work. Rankine value will be converted automatically as you type.

The decimals value is the number of digits to be calculated or rounded of the result of fahrenheit to rankine conversion.

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