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Q: Why is Mercury most preferred for thermometer?
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Which thermometer is most suitable for measuring boiling point of water mercury or alcholic thermometer?

Which thermometer is most suitable for measuring boiling point of water mercury or alcoholic thermometer


What is the most dangerous thermometer if it breaks?

Any thermometer with mercury in it.


What is the most suitable thermometer for measuring boiling point of water?

- a thermometer with mercury - a thermometer with thermoresistance


The liquid most commonly used in a thermometer is either mercury or?

The liquid commonly used in a thermometer is mercury or COLOURED ALCOHOL.


How does Mercury work?

Temperature affects the amount the mercury is spread out. Heat causes most liquids to expand, which is how a thermometer works. As heat around the glass protecting the mercury of the thermometer rises, the mercury expands and covers more room in the thermometer.


Why is mercury is preferred in ordinary thermometers?

To measure the temperature calibrated in the thermometer. Mercury as a liquid reacts well to temperature changes. It expands as it gets warmer, so thermometers measure the rise of the mercury to measure temperature.


How mercury functions in a thermometer?

Mercury, like most substances, expands when it gets hotter and contracts when it gets colder. A mercury thermometer is designed so that the volume of the mercury can be accurately observed, as the mercury rises or falls in a marked column.


Where do you insert the mercury thermometer?

You can take your temperature with a mercury thermometer is several places, the most common is in the mouth under the tongue while another place is under the armpit


What liquid metal is most commonly used in thermometer?

The liquid metal in many thermometer is mercury (Hg).


The function of a Mercury thermometer?

to tell old people that have a mercury thermometer what the temperature is


What is Mercury thermometer use to measure?

A mercury thermometer is used to measure temperature.


Two liquids most found in a glass thermometer?

mercury and alcohol