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the heat makes it expand you see
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What are the materials used for a Galileo thermometer?
A Galileo thermometer is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and a series of objects whose densities are such that they rise or fall as the temperature changes.
Is there air in a glass thermometer?
Yes, above the mercury or the other liquid.
What is the sSensor in Mercury-in-glass thermometer?
The sensor in a mercury-in-glass thermometer is the glass bulb at the base of the thermometer containing the mercury. The temperature is measured by the expansion or contraction of the mercury based on the surrounding temperature, allowing the thermometer to provide a temperature reading.
What instrument measures boiling point?
A thermometer is typically used to measure the boiling point of a substance. It can accurately measure the temperature at which a liquid changes state from a liquid to a gas during the boiling process.
How a liquid thermometer works using thermal expansions?
In the right conditions and circumstances all liquids will expand
Which device has a liquid in glass components?
thermometer
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.
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 the working principle of a liquid in glass thermometer?
A liquid-in-glass thermometer works based on the principle of thermal expansion. As temperature increases, the liquid inside the thermometer expands and rises in the calibrated glass tube. The level of the liquid indicates the temperature which corresponds with a specific scale on the thermometer.
What is the liquid in a Galileo thermometer and how does it work?
The liquid in a Galileo thermometer is usually a clear alcohol or water-based solution. The thermometer works based on the principle of buoyancy, where the density of the liquid changes with temperature. As the temperature changes, the liquid expands or contracts, causing the glass spheres with different densities to rise or sink, indicating the temperature.
What are the materials in a thermometer?
For a classic thermometer: glass and mercury, colored ethanol or another liquid.
Why are the thermometers called liquid in glass thermometers?
A so-called "glass" thermometer has a small bore-hole in the center of the glass that has some liquid in it. It's the activity of the liquid in the narrow hole that makes the thermometer a thermometer.
What is a thin glass tube with bulb on one end that contains a liquid?
Thermometer. They contain Mercury which is a metal.
How does a liquid in a glass thermometer?
the heat makes it expand you see
What is inside a Galileo thermometer and how does it work?
A Galileo thermometer contains liquid-filled glass bulbs of different densities. As the temperature changes, the bulbs rise or sink in the liquid, indicating the temperature. This works because the density of the liquid changes with temperature, causing the bulbs to move accordingly.
What are the characteristics of the liquid used in a liquid in glass thermometer?
The liquid in a liquid-in-glass thermometer is typically a colored alcohol, such as ethanol or dyed ethanol, to aid in visibility. It has a low freezing point to ensure it remains in liquid form within the thermometer's temperature range, and it expands and contracts uniformly with temperature changes for accurate readings.
What is the different between clinical thermometer and liquid in glass thermometer?
a lab thermometer did not have a constriction as compared to clinical thermometer. it have a wide range of measurement and usually contains alcohol
