Mercury (Atomic number 80) is still used in some thermometers.
Mercury is the only metal which is a liquid at room temperature.One pro is that it conducts electricity well and is often used for electrical switches.It is also used for refining gold.One major con is that it is toxic. It is most dangerous when it is airborne.
There is nothing else in a mercury thermometer. However, some similar (glass tube-type) thermometers contain alcohol instead of mercury. Ray
A thermometer (from the Greek θερμός (thermo) meaning "warm" and meter, "to measure") is a device that measures temperature or temperature gradient using a variety of different principles. A thermometer has two important elements: the temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb on a mercury thermometer) in which some physical change occurs with temperature, plus some means of converting this physical change into a value (e.g. the scale on a mercury thermometer). Thermometers increasingly use electronic means to provide a digital display or input to a computer.
Some batteries, although I don't think they put Mercury in it anymore. Power saving lamps and much much more. You should look it up on google!!
In normal and some medical thermometers Mercury is used. That is why you may want to consider using electric thermometers which are more commonly used. They use no mercury.
In ordinary bulb thermometers, yes.
Yes, in some of them.
Mercury has many uses but the first one that comes to mind, is the use for this metal in thermometers. Mercury is, to my knowledge, the only metal that can be a liquid at room temperature. This metal is also used in making other instruments such as barometers.
Mercury is toxic, so you have to be careful not to spill itMercury changes volume/density with temperature (which mercury thermometers rely on) so you have to correct for this when reading them.
Not all pool thermometers have mercury in them. Some types do, but those that use digital or laser technology most likely do not.
Achohol, usually. Older thermometers use mercury, but that is too dangerous.
Mercury (Atomic number 80) is still used in some thermometers.
You use them in thermometers.
Some thermometers use mercury, in these the liquid is silvery. Some thermometers use a red dyed alcohol solutioin.
No, most instanst thermometers used for cooking are digital and therefore don't contain mercury. There may be some older style thermometers that do contain mercury.
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