Yes, it can and you can purchase thermometers which use alcohol.
Mercury and alcohol
We still use colored alcohol for our liquid in everyday thermometers.
The liquid commonly used in a thermometer is mercury or COLOURED ALCOHOL.
The alcohol that is not ever but ao used ts is ethyl, as it is cheaper than mercury and not toxic
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.
alcohol thermometer is used to measure very low temperature.i.e.-112*c
Because of the freezing point of alcohol, temperatures down to minus 70C can be recorded
Alcohol, usually with a red dye in it
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The heat on the outside of the thermometer transfers to the glass which transfers to the alcohol making the alcohol expand making it 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.