Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 1 - Chemistry: The Study of Change - Questions & Problems - Page 32: 1.68

Answer

$73^{\circ}S$

Work Step by Step

First, we need to determine the number of $^{\circ}C$ units there are in the new scale. We're going from $-117.3^{\circ}C$ to $0^{\circ}C$ and to $78.3^{\circ}C$. We're going to count the centigrade units, regardless of sign. $117.3 ^{\circ}C + 78.3^{\circ}C = 195.6^{\circ}C$ Hence, for every $100^{\circ}S$, there are $195.6^{\circ}C$. This will be our unit factor. However, we need to remember that the melting point was originally lower. We need to account for this on our calculations and we could do so by adding it to $25^{\circ}C$ $(25+117.3)^{\circ}C \times \frac{100^{\circ}S}{195.6^{\circ}C} = 73^{\circ}S $
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