The concept of absolute zero temperature and the thermodynamic scale was discovered by whom? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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The concept of absolute zero temperature and the thermodynamic scale was discovered by whom?
A. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
B. Anders Celsius
C. Lord Kelvin
D. James Joule
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
William Thomson, later Lord Kelvin, proposed the absolute thermodynamic scale of temperature in 1848.
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