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Mercury is an element, a metal. Alcohol is the name of a familty of organic compounds made up of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms in various combinations. The only obvious similarity of the two substances is that some alcohols (ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, C2H5OH, for example ) share a common freezing point with mercury of about minus 40 degrees (Celsius or Fahrenheit), making them suitable for use in outdoor thermometers.
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Why alcohol used in laboratory thermometers instead of mercury?
mercury is toxic but alcohol is not and alcohol is cheaper than mercury
Which statement accurately describes a difference between a mercury barometer and an aneroid barometer?
One statement to accurately describe a difference between a mercury barometer and an aneroid barometer is that a mercury barometer is a closed tube containing mercury. An aneroid barometer is a closed, flexible container of gas.
Would you rather use alcohol or Mercury in a thermometer?
Alcohol. Mercury is very toxic.
What is the difference between high and low pressure mercury lamps?
how are low pressure mercury lights made and how do they operate?
Can mercury and alcohol mixed to become a thermometer?
Mercury and alcohol are not the thermometers but the liquids found in the thermometer they have different properties that make them uniqe for example alcohol is safe while mercury is poisonous,alcohol does not expand uniformly but has great expansion while mercury expands uniformly and has low expansion,alcohol is cheap while mercury is expensive,alcohol wets the glass while mercury does not.so alcohol can not combine to form a thermometer simply because they are the liquids found in it and not the thermometer itself.
Give four difference between mercury and alcohol?
Different boiling points 2 Different melting points Mercury is a liquid metal , and alcohol(ethanol) is an organic compound. Mercury is poisonous and alcohol (ethanol) is not poisonous to human beings.
Does a Kelvin thermometer contain mercury or alcohol?
There is no mechanical difference between a kelvin thermometer and any other kind so I think it would be the same as other thermometers i.e. Alcohol (because it is not as dangerous as mercury)
What is the difference between alcohol and sugar alcohol?
Sugaralchohol has sugar in it?
What is the difference between Neptune and Mercury?
neptune has moons and mercury dosent
What are the difference between mercury and silver?
One is Mercury and one is sliver
Why alcohol used in laboratory thermometers instead of mercury?
mercury is toxic but alcohol is not and alcohol is cheaper than mercury
What is the difference between Mercury and Hermes?
Same god: Mercury in Rome, Hermes in Greece,
What is the difference between the 1950 Mercury club coupe and the Mercury coupe?
A rear seat
What liquids are used in thermometer?
Mercury and alcohol
What is the adhesive difference between rubbing alcohol and water?
Water contains no alcohol or oils, as rubbing alcohol does.
What's the difference between green rubbing alcohol vs white rubbing alcohol?
No beneficial difference other than the odor.
What is in liquid in thermometer?
mostly Mercury but there are some with alcohol
