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What liquid used to be in thermometers?
Most thermometers used to contain Mercury until it was found to be toxic.
What liquid used to be in most thermometers?
Most thermometers used to contain mercury until it was found to be toxic.
What two substances are used in the thermometer's glass tube?
MERCURY is commonly used in thermometers designed for medical and elevated temperatures, and ALCOHOL (with a coloured dye) is used in medical and very low temperature thermometers. Both these use glass tubes. Very high temperature thermometers contain Gallium, which is a liquid at room temperature, in a quartz tube.
Which highly toxic element was traditionally used in thermometers?
This chemical element is mercury.
what is the man invented the mercury and alcohol thermometers?
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Why do many thermometers contain alcohol?
Many thermometers contain alcohol because it is less toxic than mercury. In addition to this, the contents of an alcohol thermometer can evaporate away quickly.
Why alcohol used in laboratory thermometers instead of mercury?
mercury is toxic but alcohol is not and alcohol is cheaper than mercury
Why must mercury be used in thermometers?
It must not. Mercury is very toxic. It's safer to use colored alcohol in thermometers.
What fluids can be used to measure temperature?
The most common are mercury and alcohol. Mercury is being phased out because it is toxic. Alcohol thermometers are used to replace the old mercury thermometers.
Why alcohol used instead of mercury in modern thermometers?
Because mercury is toxic, poisonous while alcohol is fairly harmless.
Alcohol is used in thermometers because it?
It expands and contracts well when it changes temperature and it is less toxic them mercury.
Why alchol is preffered over mercury in thermometers?
I assume you mean "alcohol". One important disadvantage of mercury is that it is very toxic. Ethanol (the common alcohol) is toxic as well, but not quite as harmful as mercury. Specifically, inhaling a small amount of its vapor won't get you sick.
Why do thermometers have alcohol in them?
Alcohol can be used to measure temperature because it has a relatively wide range of temperatures at which it remains liquid, although not as wide as Mercury. However, alcohol is both less toxic and less expensive than mercury.
Why are thermometers made with alcohol instead of water?
thermometers are made out of mercury and alcohol because mercury expands when it is heated
What different kinds of thermometers are there?
There are 34 different types of thermometer that range from alcohol thermometers and ear thermometers to medical thermometers and electrical resistance thermometers.
Why don't thermometers use Mercury?
Mercury is Toxic.
What liquid used to be in thermometers?
Most thermometers used to contain Mercury until it was found to be toxic.
