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What is the advantage of having a skinny tube in a thermometer?
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∙ 12y ago
The principal of the skinny tube is to allow expanded liquid to pass up it to indicate temperature
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Function of bent tube earth thermometer?
The bent tube Earth thermometer is a kind of a measurement that is used for measuring temperature of the earths crust.
What is the signal conditioner of mercury-in-glass thermometer?
The capillary tube of the thermometer ( in case of a mecury thermometer).
Who element used of the glass tube of clinical thermometer to measure thermometer?
mercury
What is a capillary tube in instrumentation terms?
a thermometer--
Why is the thermometer placed in a tube separate from the culture?
If the thermometer was in a culture tube it would interfere with the subsequent transfers of culture to plates across the time intervals.
How does a thermomerator measure temperature?
that depends on what type of thermometer. The tube thermometer, the kind with a glass tube with a red liquid in it, uses a small amount of mercury in a very small tube. When the mercury is heated, it expands, pushing further up the tube, as it cools it contracts, going down the tube. A dial thermometer also works on expansion and contraction, but with a coil instead of mercury.
What is a thermometer bore?
A bore refers to the extremely fine or narrow tube found in a thermometer. It is called a narrow bore or a capillary.
Describe the structure of a thermometer?
The thermometer consists of a very fine glass tube having a very small bore and is called capillary tube. At one end of capillary tube a very thin glass bulb is provided. The bulb is filled with mercury( most of the times) or alcohol The other end of capillary tube is sealed. The capillary tube is protected by a thick glass tube called stem. On the stem are made markings. These markings are called graduations or degrees.
Who invented the first closed tube thermometer?
Galileo
What was the first liquid used in a thermometer?
The first thermometer was a tube filled with water and air.
What is inside the glass tube from a thermometer?
either mercury or alcohol
What causes liquid in thermometer to travel up and down in tube?
Heat causes Mercury in the thermometer to expand, where as when it is cooled, it contracts.
