It was used because it is a liquid that expands and contracts to a usable degree when heated or cooled.
Most thermometers used to contain Mercury until it was found to be toxic.
mercury
Most thermometers used to contain mercury until it was found to be toxic.
Mercury (Atomic number 80) is still used in some thermometers.
Historical, both thermometers and barometers have used mercury.
Mercury was used in old thermometers because mercury expands when it reaches a certain temperature, so it was a really good "gauge". Now, they stopped making thermometers with mercury as the liquid since it was very poisonous. i hope you liked the answer!
Mercury is not used in thermometers, because mercury is poisonous.
Mercury has many uses but the first one that comes to mind, is the use for this metal in thermometers. Mercury is, to my knowledge, the only metal that can be a liquid at room temperature. This metal is also used in making other instruments such as barometers.
Mercury thermometers have advantages over alcohol thermometers. The liquid is visible making the results easy to read. It expands at a regular interval. It measures temperature quickly and accurately.
Mercury is used in thermometers.
In normal and some medical thermometers Mercury is used. That is why you may want to consider using electric thermometers which are more commonly used. They use no mercury.
mercury was used for thermometers and baramoters
Most thermometers used to contain Mercury until it was found to be toxic.
Mercury thermometers are rarely used, except in lab thermometers. For human use, they have been replaced by dyed alcohol glass thermometers, or electronic digital thermometers.
the element used in termometers is Mercury.
in thermometers.
Digital thermometers have replaced mercury thermometers because mercury is toxic. [Personal commentary: digital thermometers are not accurate and mercury thermometers are so how many people are being harmed by not knowing their temperature versus how many would be harmed by the mercury if accurate thermometers were still used?]