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Would you rather use alcohol or Mercury in a thermometer?
Alcohol. Mercury is very toxic.
Would you use alcohol or mercury to measure temperature in north pole?
I say mercury Cause alcohol will melt faster
Why use of alcohol is preferred over mercury in thermometers?
Alcohol is less expensive and the compounds formed from oxides of Mercury are poisonous while alcohol is less problematic.
What liquid is inside thermometers?
If the liquid is silver, it is liquid mercury (Hg). If the liquid is red, it is coloured ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH).
Why alcohol used in laboratory thermometers instead of mercury?
mercury is toxic but alcohol is not and alcohol is cheaper than mercury
What type of liquid do you use in a thermometer?
Mercury and alcohol [liquid elements]
What liquids are used in thermometer?
Mercury and alcohol
Why must mercury be used in thermometers?
It must not. Mercury is very toxic. It's safer to use colored alcohol in thermometers.
What is in liquid in thermometer?
mostly Mercury but there are some with alcohol
If a thermometer breaks and the mercury goes in your pool is it dangerous?
Modern thermometers don't use mercury, they use a colored alcohol solution... and yes it would be dangerous.
Why do schools generally use red alcohol thermometers and not mercury?
Alcohol also reacts to heat by expanding and contracting and is much safer to use than mercury which is a neurotoxin that can make you very sick if the thermometer were to break and you got in contact with it.
Why is Mercury good in thermometers?
Mercury expands when heated, and the rate at which it expands can be calibrated in a thermometer to fit to a scale, which you see as the markings in the thermometer. We use mercury because of its ability to expand with just a little amount of heat. Because mercury is poisonous, we now use alcohol thermometers. Alcohol is just as good as mercury because it expands when heat is applied to it as well.
