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How does a fluid expansion thermometer work?
A fluid expansion thermometer consists of a bulb filled with a liquid, typically mercury or alcohol, connected to a capillary tube. As the temperature increases, the liquid in the bulb expands and rises up the capillary tube. The temperature is read by measuring the height of the liquid in the tube, which corresponds to the temperature scale on the thermometer.
Describe how a thermometer uses the thermal expansion of a material to measure temperature?
A thermometer is a device that is used to gauge temperature. Mercury style thermometers used the elemental liquid in a tube of measured diameter and height. The higher the temperature, the higher the observed mercury level is. Thus, the height of the mercury uses marking to indicate which air temperature corresponds to the given height of its liquid expansion.
How does a glass thermometer works?
As the liquid in the thermometer is heated it expands, and the only way the expanding liquid can go is upward. As the liquid in the thermometer cools, it will contract, and the liquid will fall back down into the resevoir, causing the column of liquid to move downward.
What is liquid-in-glass thermometer?
A liquid-in-glass thermometer is a type of thermometer that consists of a glass tube filled with a liquid, typically mercury or alcohol, which expands or contracts with changes in temperature. The level of the liquid in the tube corresponds to the temperature, allowing for temperature measurement.
Why should you leave the thermometer in the liquid while you are measuring its temperature?
Leaving the thermometer in the liquid ensures that it reaches thermal equilibrium with the liquid, providing an accurate temperature reading. Removing the thermometer prematurely can result in an inaccurate measurement due to differences in temperature between the liquid and thermometer.
How is the Six's thermometer read?
The Six's thermometer is read by noting the lowest bulb containing a liquid that has risen above the height of the lower of the two threads. The temperature is then read directly along the scale where the top of the liquid intersects.
How a thermometer is used?
A thermometer is used to measure air temperature, or the temperature within a solid or liquid.
How does a liquid thermometer works?
A liquid thermometer works based on the principle of thermal expansion. As the temperature increases, the liquid inside the thermometer expands and rises in the narrow tube, indicating a higher temperature. Conversely, as the temperature decreases, the liquid contracts and falls, showing a lower temperature.
How the liquid in a thermometer change so that it can be used to measure a temperature?
The liquid in a thermometer expands and contracts as the temperature changes. This causes the liquid to rise or fall in a narrow tube connected to the bulb of the thermometer. The markings on the tube indicate the temperature based on how high or low the liquid level is.
What is a laboratory thermometer?
A laboratory thermometer is used to check the temperature, or changes in temperature, of an object with precise accuracy.
What features do a liquid thermometer and a lab thermometer have in common?
they both measure temperature
What features a liquid thermometer and a lab thermometer have in common?
they both measure temperature
