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Will an alcohol thermometer break if the temperature falls below the freezing point of alcohol?
Thermometers using REAL Mercury will not freeze at common air temperatures, which can be slightly below the freezing point of water 0°C. This is because mercury does not become a solid (at normal pressure) until it cools below its melting/freezing point, which is -38.83 °C (-37.89 °F, 234.32 K).
However, most inexpensive thermometers use a colored mix of alcohol and water, with other compounds in solution. These can freeze at some exterior temperatures (-10° to -15° C depending on the mixture). Because water is used, the expansion may crack the thermometer's reservoir.
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What is below permafrost?
Below permafrost is below freezing temperature (0c)
How many degrees is negative 3 degrees Fahrenheit below the freezing temperature of water?
In Fahrenheit the freezing temperature is 32 degrees. negative three degrees would be 35 degrees below freezing.
Water drops that fall when the temperature is below freezing fall as?
Water drops that fall when the temperature is below freezing, fall as SNOW . Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing fall as RAIN .
What is the name for waterdrops that fall when the temperature is below freezing and the water become solid?
Depending on the temperature, water drops that fall when the temperature is below freezing can become sleet, ice, or snow.
Why wouldn't you take a mercury in glass thermometer with you to south pole?
If I only had those 2 choices... I would use ALCOHOL since Mercury freezes at -38.72° Celsius. The North Pole can get down below -50° Celsius. Ethanol (alcohol) freezes at -114 ° Celsius Methanol (alcohol) freezes at -97.8° Celsius
What are the properties of alcohol in a thermometer?
Alcohol in a thermometer has a low freezing point, allowing it to measure temperatures below the freezing point of water. It expands and contracts uniformly with changes in temperature, making it a reliable and accurate measurement tool. It is also non-toxic and safe for common household use.
Was it possible for William shakespeare to find out the temperature?
Not with a thermometer, which had not yet been invented. It was, of course, possible to determine whether the temperature was below freezing or not without the assistance of a thermometer.
What are the disadvantages of using a water-in-glass thermometer to measure outside air temperature?
Well it won't work below freezing.
Why does the freezing point of water make it a poor choice for the liquid in a thermometer?
Water freezes at a fairly high temperature - 0oC/32oF. As soon as the temperature reached that point the water would freeze and the thermometer would no longer work. One would not be able to use a thermometer with water in it to measure any temperatures below 0oC/32oF.
Why do people use alcohol in thermometers instead of water?
Well, honey, alcohol has a lower freezing point than water, so it won't freeze in cold temperatures. Plus, it has a wider temperature range for measurement. And let's be real, nobody wants a broken thermometer just because it got a little chilly outside.
Why does thermometer in 2001 Ford explorer flash ice?
The outside temperature is at or below the freezing point , so there might be ice on the road surface that makes it slippery
Temperature below freezing means snow?
Snow does occur when temperature is below freezing because snow is just frozen rain . Lets say it rains , and the temperature is below freezing , that rain would become snow . So temperature below freezing means having snow is true .
Why alcohol is used in maximum minimum thermometer?
alchohol has lower freezing point so it is used in minimum bulb,as it contracts the mercury bar rises in the minimum bulb..
Who inventor of thermometer?
Many people devised thermometers, some of them now forgotten. Three important contributors were Newton, who made a simple, 8-degree thermometer, Fahrenheit, who refined Newton's thermometer, and Celsius, who made the metric thermometer most commonly used today (except in the United States). The Newton/Fahrenheit thermometer was scaled from "zero," the freezing point of alcohol (since below that, an alcohol thermometer wouldn't work) to 96 (8 in Newton's version) which was thought to be human body temperature. Later measurements revised this to 98.6. Celsius used the freezing and boiling points of water at sea level for his 100-degree range. Interestingly, he marked his thermometer "upside down" with boiling at zero and freezing at 100. This was later inverted to the now-familiar "Centigrade" version, although by coincidence, "C" can also stand for "Celsius."
How cold would it have to be in order to freeze a mercury thermometer?
Mercury freezes at -38.83°C (-37.89°F). In order to freeze a mercury thermometer, the temperature would have to be lower than this point. However, prolonged exposure to temperatures below freezing may damage the thermometer.
What is below permafrost?
Below permafrost is below freezing temperature (0c)
What freezes quicker water or rubbing alcohol?
Water. Although it's not really that it freezes faster but rather that it freezes at a higher temperature. How fast something freezes has to do with both its freezing point but also how much of it you have. A drop of alcohol will freeze faster than a giant container of water (assuming the temperature of the freezer is below the freezing point of alcohol).
