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°Cv2rev 12026-03-17ISO 80000-5:2019; 5-2

degree Celsius

0112/2///62720#UAA033

unit of the temperature of which the scale is defined by two fixe-points, the temperatures of freezing point (0 °C) and boiling point (100 °C) of water at normal pressure (air pressure of 1 013,25 hPa). The unit degree Celsius is by definition equal in magnitude to the kelvin.

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Version
2
Revision
1
Preferred name
degree Celsius
Short name
°C
Definition
unit of the temperature of which the scale is defined by two fixe-points, the temperatures of freezing point (0 °C) and boiling point (100 °C) of water at normal pressure (air pressure of 1 013,25 hPa). The unit degree Celsius is by definition equal in magnitude to the kelvin.
Definition source
ISO 80000-5:2019; 5-2
Note
For the numerical value of a Celsius temperature and the accordant thermodynamic temperature the following relation is valid: - for absolute temerature: {δ}Grad Celsius = {T}Kelvin - 273,15 - for temperature difference: {Δδ}Grad Celsius = {ΔT}Kelvin
Unit structure
K¹
Unit in text
degree Celsius
Unit in SGML/XML
Structured markup (math)(158 chars)
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <!-- UAA033 --> <mrow> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">&#x2103;</mi> </mrow> </mrow> </math>
UN/ECE code
CEL
Unit conversion
Structured markup (UnitsML)(564 chars)
<UnitsML xmlns="https://schema.unitsml.org/unitsml/1.0"><Unit xml:id="0112/2///62720#UAA185"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="UAA185_from_UAA033" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA033" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" finalAddend="273.15" exact="true" finaladdend="273.15" /></Conversions></Unit><Unit xml:id="https://si-digital-framework.org/SI/units/kelvin"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="SI::kelvin_from_UAA033" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA033" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" finalAddend="273.15" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit></UnitsML>
Responsible committee
IEC/SC 3D
Publisher
IEC
Published in
IEC 62720
Status level
Standard
Version release date
2026-03-17
Revision release date
2026-03-17
Version initiation date
2026-03-17
Change request ID
C00192