Transcript: Scientists use a different temperature scale from the one you’re probably used to. The Fahrenheit temperature scale is an archaic system of units that has been abandoned by most scientists. It was invented almost 300 years ago. Scientists and most Europeans use the Celsius measurement for temperature where the boiling point of water is 10 degrees Celsius or centigrade and the freezing point of water is zero. The Celsius scale essentially takes the difference between the freezing and boiling points of water and divides it into a hundred equal units. Scientists however use the Kelvin temperature scale. A degree Kelvin is equal to a degree centigrade or Celsius, but the zero point is much lower. In the Kelvin scale the boiling point of water is 373 Kelvin and the freezing point of water is 273 Kelvin. Room temperature is about 295 Kelvin.