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We still use colored alcohol for our liquid in everyday thermometers.
Elian Konopelski
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∙ 12y agoThe liquid commonly used in a thermometer is colored alcohol.
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What was the first liquid used in a thermometer?
The first thermometer was a tube filled with water and air.
Why does the thermometer fill with mercury?
It's used in thermometers because it has high coefficient of expansion. also it's the only metal in a liquid state.
What are the materials used for a Galileo thermometer?
A Galileo thermometer is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and a series of objects whose densities are such that they rise or fall as the temperature changes.
What metal is an anvil made of?
Steel is commonly used.
What is a liquid metal that expands and contracts as the temperature changes and is the metal used in thermometers called?
It is dew or ozone
The liquid most commonly used in a thermometer is either mercury or?
The liquid commonly used in a thermometer is mercury or COLOURED ALCOHOL.
What liquid metal is most commonly used in thermometer?
The liquid metal in many thermometer is mercury (Hg).
What liquid metal was most commonly used in thermometers?
mercury
What metal element is used to make thermometers?
it is mercury. its actually a liquid at room temperature.
What liquid metal that was used in theromometers?
Mercury. Now commonly colored alcohol.
Why is that mercury is used in thermometer?
Mercury is used in thermometers because mercury is the only liquid metal in room temperature. Hence our body temperature is observed by melting the liquid metal mercury due to our body temperature.
What is liquid metal was used in thermometersr?
Mercury is a liquid metal used in thermometers. However, it becomes a solid at -37.9 F and it can cause mercury poisoning if ingested or inhaled. Therefore, most theremometers use ethyl-alcohol or a plastic strip covered with liquid crystals (called a liquid crystal thermometer).
What makes mercury special that it can be used in a thermometer?
Mercury is a heavy metal also known as QUICKSILVER it is special because it is in a form of liquid
How can Mercury be used as a liquid in a thermometer?
it is used in liquid form as in room temperature the mercury is in liquid
What was the first liquid used in a thermometer?
The first thermometer was a tube filled with water and air.
What makes mercury so special it can be used in a thermometer?
Mercury is a heavy metal also known as QUICKSILVER it is special because it is in a form of liquid
Why does the thermometer fill with mercury?
It's used in thermometers because it has high coefficient of expansion. also it's the only metal in a liquid state.
