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Why should you leave the thermometer in the liquid while you are measuring its temperature?
The reading is not accurate if it is not in the liquid that you are measuring. Once you take it out, the temperature will be measuring the air.
What is liquid-in-glass thermometer?
what do they use for the liquid in glass ball thermometer
How does a glass thermometer works?
As the liquid in the thermometer is heated it expands, and the only way the expanding liquid can go is upward. As the liquid in the thermometer cools, it will contract, and the liquid will fall back down into the resevoir, causing the column of liquid to move downward.
Why does the liquid expand in a thermometer when it gets hotter?
In a thermometer is a liquid metal called Mercury, so the liquid expands when it is heated up.
How does a theremometer work?
When temperature goes up the liquid expands. The liquid then takes up more space and you see this as a rise in scale on the thermometer. The same applies vise versa
What was the first liquid used in a thermometer?
The first thermometer was a tube filled with water and air.
How does an air thermometer work?
An air thermometer has a bubble of liquid inside the tube and when the air inside of the tube heats up or cools down, the air takes up either more or less space inside of the tube, causing the bubble of liquid to either move upwards or downwards, indicating the temperature.
Is there air in a glass thermometer?
Yes, above the mercury or the other liquid.
How a thermometer is used?
A thermometer is used to measure air temperature, or the temperature within a solid or liquid.
How does liquid thermometer work?
When temperature goes up the liquid expands. The liquid then takes up more space and you see this as a rise in scale on the thermometer. The same applies vise versa
How does a liquid in glass thermometer work?
the heat makes it expand you see
What is the liquid in thermometer's called?
Mercury the liquid inside thermometer is mercury.. but it is called thermometric liquid.
What causes the liquid to move in a thermometer?
When the liquid in the thermometer gets warmer it expands.
Why should you leave the thermometer in the liquid while you are measuring its temperature?
The reading is not accurate if it is not in the liquid that you are measuring. Once you take it out, the temperature will be measuring the air.
What is liquid-in-glass thermometer?
what do they use for the liquid in glass ball thermometer
What does a thermometer measure and how does it do it?
A thermometer is a device that measures temperature or temperature gradient using a variety of different principles. The word temperature comes from the Greek work thermo which is heat and meter to measure.
Which device has a liquid in glass components?
thermometer
