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What will the mercury thermometer show when it is kept in ice?
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∙ 11y ago
The question must be asked carefully. If the thermometer is in water ice and there is no liquid water, and there is one atmosphere of pressure, the thermometer can read anything from the freezing point of water and lower, depending on the range of the thermometer. If the thermometer is in a stable mix of water and ice, it will read the freezing point of water.
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When a thermometer is kept in the ice the reading shows?
Increases first and then decrease
If one thermometer is above ice cube and other is below at the same distancewhich thermometer reading changes and why?
If both thermometers were at room temperature before you arranged them above and below the ice cube, then the one below should show a greater change, and sooner, than the one above. The ice cools the air around it, causing the air around it to become more dense than the air at room-temperature. The cool air then sinks, right past the lower thermometer.
What is the ice point on a thermometer called?
Depends on the scaling on the thermometer. 0°C 273.16K 32°F 459.67°R
What should the temperature reading be for a bimetallic thermometer when calibrating in an ice water bath?
When calibrating any kind of thermometer in an ice water bath, the temperature should be 0o C or 32o F.
Why is water not used as a liquid in a thermometer?
because the mixture of ice and water has an equilibrium temperature of 0 C and thus it will be the first calibration system and making sure that thermometer is working properly. The thermometer will have better contact with the water than with lumps of ice and therefore adjust better to its temperature.
Where a thermometer should be kept in determining melting point of ice?
fordetermining point of ice,the thermometer should be kept
When a thermometer is kept in the ice the reading shows?
Increases first and then decrease
Why would you use alcohol thermometer rather then a mercury thermometer in the north pole?
because it would turn to ice and alcohol wouldn't
What temperature scale was created using ice water sea salt and a mercury thermometer?
Fahrenheit
What is the working and construction of thermometer?
WORKING: Place the bulb of the thermometer filled with mercury in a vessel ov small pieces of ice the mercury will arise in the tube and will come to rest at a certain point.this point shows the melting point of ice. CONSTRUCTION:A thermometer consists of a glass bulb filled with mercury.A cappilary tube arises from this bulb.Due to the narrow bore of the tube a small change in the volume of the mercury becomes significiantly visible.
What type of the thermometer would use to measure the temperature of ice?
dial thermometer
Does salt melt ice?
no...........try it with a thermometer, just put ice in a cup, add salt then check the thermometer...........instead of going up, it will go down
Why cant you put a thermometer into a bowl of slurry ice?
You can.
How is a thermometer calibrated?
It is calibrated by puttin it in some ice.
If one thermometer is above ice cube and other is below at the same distancewhich thermometer reading changes and why?
If both thermometers were at room temperature before you arranged them above and below the ice cube, then the one below should show a greater change, and sooner, than the one above. The ice cools the air around it, causing the air around it to become more dense than the air at room-temperature. The cool air then sinks, right past the lower thermometer.
Does ice floats in Mercury?
Yes. Ice floats in water because it is less dense. Mercury is over ten times denser than water. So ice easily floats in mercury.
What is the ice point on a thermometer called?
Depends on the scaling on the thermometer. 0°C 273.16K 32°F 459.67°R
