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What is the range of alcohol thermometer?
The alcohol thermometer is used to measure temperatures from negative 115 degrees Celsius to 785 degrees Celsius. It measures the freezing point and boiling point of alcohol.
What is the temperature range on a thermometer?
It depends on the thermometer.
Why does alcohol in a thermometer rise?
Alcohol in a thermometer rises whenever the temperature of its surrounding increases. As the temperature increases, the heat causes the alcohol to expand ever so slightly, which shows up as an increase of height of the alcohol in the tube of the thermometer.
Why does a thermometer have alcohol inside it?
it does not stick the wall of thermometer it expand regularly
Uses of alcohol thermometer?
An alcohol thermometer is a liquid-in-glass thermometer which uses ethyl alcohol to gauge temperatures. The alcohol rises and falls as it contracts or expands when a change in temperature occurs.
What is the liquid in a thermometer?
It can range from mercury to alcohol it depends on the manufacturer.
What is the range of alcohol thermometer?
The alcohol thermometer is used to measure temperatures from negative 115 degrees Celsius to 785 degrees Celsius. It measures the freezing point and boiling point of alcohol.
What is the different between clinical thermometer and liquid in glass thermometer?
a lab thermometer did not have a constriction as compared to clinical thermometer. it have a wide range of measurement and usually contains alcohol
Why cant you use alcohol in the thermometer?
You can ... but its a poor choice. (Range of temps that alcohol is a liquid, coefficient of expansion, volatility.)
Is it a solid liquid or gas found in a thermometer?
Actually anything that won't freeze or boil at the operating range of the thermometer. The most common are mercury and alcohol.
What is the temperature range on a thermometer?
It depends on the thermometer.
What does alcohol in a thermometer rise in a result of?
The heat on the outside of the thermometer transfers to the glass which transfers to the alcohol making the alcohol expand making it rise
Why does alcohol in a thermometer rise?
Alcohol in a thermometer rises whenever the temperature of its surrounding increases. As the temperature increases, the heat causes the alcohol to expand ever so slightly, which shows up as an increase of height of the alcohol in the tube of the thermometer.
What is the advantage and disadvantage of using alcohol in thermometer?
u don't have to flick the thermometer to reset the temperature reading when you use an alcohol based thermometer (unlike a mercury thermometer where you have to flick and flick and flick flick flick that thermometer for the mercury to be reset so that you can make an accurate reading) a disadvantage is that the alcohol thermometer is slightly less acurate The biggest advantage is that alcohol is not nearly as toxic as mercury, so that if the thermometer breaks, you won't be poisoned.
Why does a thermometer have alcohol inside it?
it does not stick the wall of thermometer it expand regularly
What liquids are used in thermometer?
Mercury and alcohol
Where can you get an alcohol thermometer?
in a drunken man
