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The sensitivity of a thermometer refers to the minor temperature transform that can be detected or considered. The sensitivity of a thermometer is defined as the increase in the length of the Mercury column per unit increase in temperature. The range of a thermometer, on the other hand, refers to the dissimilarity between the maximum and the minimum temperature. It is calculated in meter/degree Celsius.
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∙ 15y agoThe glass around the bulb in a clinical thermometer (the conventional one) is thin because glass is not a good conductor of heat. The clinician and the patient don't want to wait half an hour to get a good temperature reading. By using the thinner glass, the transfer of heat into the thermometer's fluid will be more rapid than it would with an instrument with thicker glass.
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∙ 15y agothe thermometer is thin because it is faster to read the temperature
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∙ 9y agoMost likely because glass is both cheap and a pretty good thermal conductor.
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∙ 13y agoProbably because it is transparent, and durable, and doesn't have much thermal expansion.
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∙ 11y agoto make it more sensitive
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Which part of the CNS is made up of the midbrain pons and medulla and oblongata?
The brain stem.
What is the importance of thermometric liquids?
Thermometric liquid is the liquid found in the thermometer that help in the up and down movement of the temperature.
Is thermometer a type of manometer?
Not quite; This is what the first source said about how a thermometer works; This liquid is sometimes colored alcohol but can also be a metallic liquid called mercury. Both mercury and alcohol grow bigger when heated and smaller when cooled. Inside the glass tube of a thermometer, the liquid has no place to go but up when the temperature is hot and down when the temperature is cold. In other words, the thermometer goes up or down due to the expansion of the alcohol or mercury due to the heat. After reviewing the second source, you will see that the columns go up and down due to the atmospheric pressure. If it goes up and down due to atmospheric pressure it is a manometer. A manometer does not work if it is not exposed to the atmosphere. A thermometer is sealed off to the outside. This is another reason why a thermometer is different from a manometer.
Is a glass cup a structure?
The glass has amorphous structure. It is mean that it made up of very long chain of atoms.
What two elements make up the compounds in glass?
Your everyday glass is made of silica, a sand composed of silicon dioxide, silicon and oxygen.
Why is the stem of thermometer made up of glass?
To enable you to read the level the fluid has reached
Why a mercruy in a glass thermometer holes up a uniform stem?
because it is cheap and it does not expand on heating therfore it doesnt break
Why does the substance in the thermometer stem rise up?
The substance in the thermometer (traditionally mercury (Hg)) rises up because of thermal expansion. As the substance heats up, it expands.
What should you not do while using a glass thermometer?
shove it up ur ASSS
What is a digital thermometer and is it made up of?
mercury
Who invented the water thermometer?
Charles WingerThe Thermometer was invented by Galileo Galilei in 1593. His thermometer consisted of water in a glass bulb; the water moved up and down the bulb as the temperature changed.
What is a stem made up of?
the job of the stem is to keep the plant up right and to pass liquid substances through from the roots.
What is a fiber made up made up of?
It's made of glass.
What makes a liquid in glass thermometer sensitive to a small changes in temperature?
A liquid in glass thermometer is sensitive to small changes in temperature due to the thermal expansion of the liquid contained inside the glass tube. As the temperature increases, the liquid expands, causing it to rise up the calibrated scale of the thermometer. Conversely, as the temperature decreases, the liquid contracts, causing it to subside on the scale. This expansion and contraction of the liquid is highly responsive to even slight temperature variations, making it sensitive to small changes in temperature.
How does mercury in thermometer rise and fall?
When it heats, it expands and then it risesup the narrow glass tube. when it cools, it contracts and falls down. gallileo made one that used a bubble in water and traveled up and down a swell
Hexactinellida Glass Sponges what is the glass portion made of?
Its made up a fiber that resembles fiberglass.
What elements made up grapes?
the parts of a grape are the stem and the grape. The stem is made up of stem and the grape is made up of a fleshy substance called grapeGood day:-)P.s thank you come again... please!
