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Clean it up and buy a new one modern thermometer arnt dangerous unless you drink the fluid

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Q: What to do if the thermometer breaks in your house?
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What do you do if a thermometer breaks?

If a thermometer breaks, evacuate EVERYONE out of the area including pets and small children


What is the most dangerous thermometer if it breaks?

Any thermometer with mercury in it.


What happens when a thermometer is left in sunlight?

the temperature rises and the thermometer breaks releasing mercury


What do you do if mercury thermometer breaks into your eyes?

you run to the hospital


Which thermometer is a greater health hazard if it breaks Is it the mercury in glass or alcohol in glass thermometer?

Mercury is poisonous.


What do you do if a thermometer breaks at school?

well throw it away but be careful most have mercury which is baaad


Which thermometer has a greater health hazard if it breaks?

The mercury thermometer. Mercury affects the central nervous system if it is ingested in high enough quantities. Plus mercury bioaccumulates in the food chain.


Why it is safer to use a plastic strip thermometer than a glass thermometer?

Because a glass thermometer has a liquid inside (alcohol or mercury), that can poison you if it brakes.


What is the advantage and disadvantage of using alcohol in thermometer?

u don't have to flick the thermometer to reset the temperature reading when you use an alcohol based thermometer (unlike a mercury thermometer where you have to flick and flick and flick flick flick that thermometer for the mercury to be reset so that you can make an accurate reading) a disadvantage is that the alcohol thermometer is slightly less acurate The biggest advantage is that alcohol is not nearly as toxic as mercury, so that if the thermometer breaks, you won't be poisoned.


Why isn't mercury in thermometers any more?

I don't know to what extent mercury is still being used, but it makes sense to phase it out: mercury is extremely toxic. If a mercury thermometer breaks, you have to be careful not to breathe the vapors.I don't know to what extent mercury is still being used, but it makes sense to phase it out: mercury is extremely toxic. If a mercury thermometer breaks, you have to be careful not to breathe the vapors.I don't know to what extent mercury is still being used, but it makes sense to phase it out: mercury is extremely toxic. If a mercury thermometer breaks, you have to be careful not to breathe the vapors.I don't know to what extent mercury is still being used, but it makes sense to phase it out: mercury is extremely toxic. If a mercury thermometer breaks, you have to be careful not to breathe the vapors.


When land on the bank on ghost story island why is cold thermometer not going on?

in the light house if the thermometer doesn't go off then go back to the main land and then go to the light house. it worked for me


Why a clinical thermometer breaks when it is used to measure the temperature of boiling water?

Boiling is way far outside its operating range.