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Which one of these is a property of air - it contracts on heating or cooling or it expands on cooling or it is made of carbon dioxide and water vapour only?
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What liquid expands instead of contracts when frozen?
Water turns to ice which expands
What property of mercury makes it a good material for thermometer?
It's a liquid over a fair range of temperatures and it expands and contracts noticeably with small changes in temperature.
What change takes place in the liquid inside a thermometer when the thermometer is placed into something cold?
The liquid in thermometers contracts when placed in something cold (and expands when placed in something hot.)
How are temperature and density of air related?
cold air has higher density, by hot air is opposite
What is the purpose of Mercury in a Thermometer?
to see what is the temperature The mercury expands or contracts depending on the temperature so its height against the scale on the thermometer tells you the temperature.
What is the working of the thermometer?
capillarity rise.heating expands mercury whereas cooling contracts mercury
Which liquids expand on cooling?
I think that only water expands when it freezes everything else contracts
What is the thermometric property used in a mercury thermometer?
Not just a property of liquid but of all matter. All matter expands when heated and contracts when cooled, in thermometers the liquid, usually an alcohol, expands when heated lengthening the little line.
Which metal expands on cooling and contracts on heating?
Bizmuth is a heavy metal that expands on cooling and contracts on heating. it is used for making lead free ammunition, especially for shotgun rounds and airgun pellets as it is considered non-toxic. It is also used in the glass making industry for making 'float' glass sheets.
Does a thermometer's mercurry expand contract on condenses?
it expands and contracts when the temperature drops, the mercury contracts...when the temperature increases, the mercury expands
What state of matter expands with cold and contracts with heat?
Well, solids. For example, when you heat up metal is expands and when you freeze it, it contracts
Why human body does not expands and contracts on heeting and cooling?
The human body does not expand and contract with heating and cooling like water, Because the body usually maintains a constant internal temp (By sweating, teeth chattering, etc.)
What is the working principle of a liquid in glass thermometer?
Liquids expands on heating and contracts om cooling , when it expands it gives the reading
Which organ of the respiratory system expands and contracts automatically to force air into and out of the lungs?
The diaphragm expands and contracts automatically, forcing air into and out of the lungs.
Matter expands or contracts to fill the space available?
Liquid Not liquids,gases.
What liquid expands instead of contracts when frozen?
Water turns to ice which expands
What property of mercury make it good material for thermometer?
It's a liquid over a fair range of temperatures and it expands and contracts noticeably with small changes in temperature.
