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Can mercury from a themometer kill you?

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Yes, it can.

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What is the liquid in the themometer?

If it is clear red or blue, it is alcohol (ethanol) dyed, as it is normally colourless. If it is silver then the liquid is mercury, the only common metal that is liquid at room temperature.


After each use a non-mercury glass themometer must be cleaned and soaked in a?

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Who invented the mercury themometer?

The mercury thermometer was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. He had invented an alcohol thermometer years earlier. In 1724, he introduced the Fahrenheit temperature scale.


Why is mercury suitable to be used to measure temperatures from 0 to 100 degrees?

because that is far the degrees goes on earth. otherwise 200 degrees or over we all as humans will die or be dead. or the mercury themometer will explode.


What is the red stuff in the themometer?

The red liquid in a thermometre could either be alcohol, dyed red; or a substance called mercury, which is very toxic. Hope I helped :)


What can mercury do?

Mercury can Kill you if you consume it. Mercury used to be used in thermometrs.


What is the themometer does jam have?

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Will Mercury kill cattle?

Yes. Mercury has the very same effects on cattle as it does on humans, which means that any level or exposure of mercury can and will kill.


What do you use to get the temperature of a pond?

a themometer


What is laboratory themometer?

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Who invented the water themometer and when?

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What is the function of themometer?

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