A few engineering fields in the U.S. measure thermodynamic temperature using the Rankine scale.
The SI system uses the Kelvin temperature scale, which begins at 0° (at absolute zero) and uses the same degree size as the Celsius or centigrade scale. Water freezes at 273.15 °K, which is the equivalent of 0° Celsius. There are no negative temperatures on the Kelvin scale, as it is based on absolute zero and no lower temperature state can exist.
Kelvin temperature scale uses absolute zero as the zero. Though you can find absolute zero in all temperature scales i.e. −459.67 degrees Fahrenheit and -273.15 degrees Celsius. But Kelvin is the scale that absolute zero is 0.
The Richter scale uses Arabic numerals.
commonly used? well fahrenheit and celsius/centigrade(same thing) for weather temperature. Then there is kelvin used in technical/scientific situations and thats about it for common usage so 3 is the answer. There are up to seven different temperature scales but only 3 are used commonly
Pure water boils at 212ºF when standard atmospheric conditions exist. Standard conditions are sea level with the baometer reading 29.92 in. Hg (14.696 psia).
Kelvin and Rankine
The Rankine scale, like the Kelvin scale, establishes a zero point at "absolute zero", the theoretical minimum temperature of any matter. But the Rankine scale uses the same size "degree" as Fahrenheit, making zero degrees R = -459.67 °F. So in the four common scales, 0 R = -459.67 °F = 0 K = -273.15 °C.
The Fahrenheit scale was traditionally used in the English system of measurement until largely supplanted by the Celsius scale. Measurements in the Fahrenheit scale are generally used only in the US, almost exclusively for air temperatures, body temperatures, and oven temperatures.Another scale that uses English degree units is the Rankine scale, which is based on absolute zero.
The centigrade (aka Celsius) scale uses equal degrees of measurement.
Science does not use the Fahrenheit scale, it uses the Celsius scale or the Kelvin scale instead.
Kelvin were 0 = absolute zero and uses Celsius as unit of measure Celsius Fahrenheit Those are the most common. There are a few more the most common is Rankine which is similar to Kelvin except it uses Fahrenheit as unit of measure
Everybody in the world uses for temperature degrees Celsius, except the USA.
Celsius. Most of the world except the US uses celsius.
Most of the world now uses the Celsius scale where the boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius.
The SI system uses the Kelvin temperature scale, which begins at 0° (at absolute zero) and uses the same degree size as the Celsius or centigrade scale. Water freezes at 273.15 °K, which is the equivalent of 0° Celsius. There are no negative temperatures on the Kelvin scale, as it is based on absolute zero and no lower temperature state can exist.
- aditive in low pressure sodium lamps- semiconductors- standard in the "International scale of temperature'
The Fahrenheit scale is used as a customary unit for measuring temperature in some countries, such as the United States. It is not used for measuring temperature in science. Either degrees Celsius or Kelvins are used in science.