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Describe how a thermometer uses the thermal expansion of a material to measure temperature?
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A thermometer is a device that is used to gauge temperature. Mercury style thermometers used the elemental liquid in a tube of measured diameter and height. The higher the temperature, the higher the observed mercury level is. Thus, the height of the mercury uses marking to indicate which air temperature corresponds to the given height of its liquid expansion.
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How does law of expansion and contraction work in thermometers?
The material in the thermometer expands and contracts as temperature increases or reduces.
How do liquid-filled thermometers measure temperature based on thermal expansion?
Look at an ordinary thermometer. You will see the mercury or achohol inside, and you will see regular degree markings along the thermometer. As the mercury or alchohol changes temperature, it expands and contracts.
What does the sensitivity of thermometer depends on?
The difference between the coefficients of thermal expansion of the liquid in the thermometer bulb and the material of the bulb.
How does a thermometer help when comparing the energies of particles?
A thermometer measures the amount of thermal energy a material has. This thermal energy is related to the vibrational and rotational energy the particles in the material have. By using the thermometer to measure the temperature of a material you are, in effect, measuring the amount of energy the particles of that material have.
What material are needed to measure temperature of the soda in the containers?
Uhhh... A thermometer...
Is the thermometer reading the temperature of the vacuum at the Moon's surface?
No. The thermometer measures the temperature of mass or material. Concerning the moon, a thermometer could measure the temperature of dust or rock on the surface. If it were not in contact with the surface, and the sun shone on it, the thermometer would read the temperature to which the sun heated it. If it were shielded from the sun, then the thermometer would read the temperature of space ... about 3 K, or darn near absolute zero.
What is the thermal expansion coefficient for steel c 15?
thermal expansion depends on Temperature and material of steel
Define vapor pressure thermometer?
A thermometer which utilizes a gas(vapor) to react to temperature changes for an accurate reading. (Instead of a hazardous material such as a mercury filled thermometer.)
How long does take thermal expansion take?
You may need to rephrase the question. Thermal expansion is the amount a material expands or contracts under temperature change; expansion is instantaeous with temperature. When temperature is reached, so is expansion. It may take time to rach temperature, however.
What is the increase in volume of a material due to a temperature increase is called?
thermal expansion
Why do material change size when they change temperature?
The cause is the thermal expansion of materials.
What is a thermometric substance?
Thermometric substance is the material used in the thermometer, whose property varies with temperature.
