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What change takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when the thermometer is placed into something cold?
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∙ 9y ago
The liquid in thermometers contracts when placed in something cold (and expands when placed in something hot.)
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∙ 10y agoIt contracts and then expands.
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Why is it inappropriate to stir a liquid with a thermometer?
Because that will mess with the temperature reading on the thermometer. And it would be dangerous if the thermometer is broken as there are dangerous chemicals (i.e.mercury) inside.
Why was it important not to let the thermometer rest on the bottom of the breaker?
to get an accurate reading of the liquid inside the beaker, the thermometer should not rest on the bottom of the beaker.
What is the name of the liquid in a thermometer?
The red liquid in a liquid-in-glass thermometer is mineral spirits or ethanol alcohol mixed with red dye. A grey or silver liquid inside the thermometer is mercury. Mercury thermometers are not used anymore due to the dangers associated with mercury.
What makes a liquid-in-glass thermometer sensitive to a small change of temperature?
a bulb with a thin glass wall
What happen to the liquid in a thermometer when it gets warm?
The liquid expand from heat. We use these expansion to indicate temperature. Common thermometer liquid is Mercury and alcohol.
What change takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when it is placed into somthing cold?
The liquid inside the thermometer "contracts" when it is placed into something cold. This means that it decreases in volume and increases in density. This is the reason that the thermometer can measure heat: the volume of the liquid inside the thermometer changes as a function of heat, and the amount of liquid in the "tube" of the thermometer changes as a function of volume. Because of this relationship, the level of the liquid in the tube of the thermometer changes as a function of heat.
What is the liquid in thermometer's called?
Mercury the liquid inside thermometer is mercury.. but it is called thermometric liquid.
What is the liquid in the ball of the thermometer?
the liguid inside the thermometer is Mercury.
What changes takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when the thermometer is placed into something hot?
The liquid in thermometers expands when temperature increases (and contracts when temperature decreases). When it expands, the only place for it to expand 'to' is up the thermometer (into the empty space above it).
What is the silver liquid inside of a thermometer called?
Mercury
Ho does a thermometer measure temperature?
A thermometer measures temperature by using the liquid inside of the thermometer. It measures temperature by Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Why does the height of the liquid of a thermometer increaseswhen the temperature goes up?
Thermal expansion of the fluid inside the thermometer.
What is the clear liquid inside a Galileo thermometer?
mercury
Is there inert gas inside a thermometer?
No. The tube inside a thermometer is vacuum. If there was a gas inside, the pressure changes due to temperature changes would cause the liquid inside to expand/contract unevenly.
Is liquid expanding in a thermometer a chemical change?
No. It's a physical change since it's still the same liquid.
What is the liquid mercury in a thermometer expands as its heated what is this a?
physical change
Why is it inappropriate to stir a liquid with a thermometer?
Because that will mess with the temperature reading on the thermometer. And it would be dangerous if the thermometer is broken as there are dangerous chemicals (i.e.mercury) inside.
