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Because mercury has properties in it that react to temperature, but coloured water would just stay at the same level the whole time.

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If a thermometer breaks and the mercury goes in your pool is it dangerous?

Yes, it is dangerous if mercury from a broken thermometer enters your pool. Mercury is a toxic substance that can be harmful if ingested or inhaled, and it can contaminate the water in your pool. It is important to contact a professional to safely clean and remove the mercury from the pool.


What happens to the mercury level when the cold thermometer is kept in a hot tub of water?

The mercury level in a thermometer placed in a hot tub of water will rise as the temperature of the water increases. This is because the volume of liquid mercury expands with higher temperatures, causing it to climb up the measuring scale in the thermometer.


How do you verify ice point of mercury thermometer?

To verify the ice point of a mercury thermometer, place the thermometer in a mixture of crushed ice and water, stirring gently. Allow the thermometer to stabilize for a few minutes, ensuring the mercury column remains constant. The temperature indicated by the thermometer should match the expected ice point of 0°C (32°F).


Why does a mercury-in glass thermometer first drop slightly when placed in boiling water?

When placed in boiling water, the materials comprising the thermometer respond in the order in which the heat penetrates them. As the heat first permeates the glass cylinder, the cylinder expands, enlarging the bore. For the moment until the mercury is also heated, the constant volume of mercury fills the expanded bore to a slightly lower depth. When the heat reaches the mercury and it also expands, its volume to increase, and the liquid depth rises in the bore.


Why must the bulb of the thermometer be submerged in the water?

The bulb of the thermometer must be submerged in the water because that is where the temperature of the water is accurately measured. The bulb is the part of the thermometer that contains the temperature-sensitive material, such as mercury or alcohol, which expands or contracts depending on the temperature of the water. This expansion or contraction is then displayed on the thermometer scale, giving an accurate reading of the water temperature.

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Which thermometer is most suitable for measuring boiling point of water mercury or alcholic thermometer?

Which thermometer is most suitable for measuring boiling point of water mercury or alcoholic thermometer


This instrument is often filled with mercury colored water or alcohol?

The instrument you are referring to is likely a thermometer. Thermometers are commonly filled with either colored alcohol or mercury to measure temperature changes based on the expansion or contraction of the liquid inside.


If a thermometer breaks and the mercury goes in your pool is it dangerous?

Yes, it is dangerous if mercury from a broken thermometer enters your pool. Mercury is a toxic substance that can be harmful if ingested or inhaled, and it can contaminate the water in your pool. It is important to contact a professional to safely clean and remove the mercury from the pool.


Which instrument is often filled with mercury or colored water or alcohol?

Thermometers are the instrument that is often filled with mercury, colored water, or alcohol. Most early thermometers were made with mercury.


When was the did the water thermometer invented?

i think you mean a mercury theremometer


What happens to the mercury level when the cold thermometer is kept in a hot tub of water?

The mercury level in a thermometer placed in a hot tub of water will rise as the temperature of the water increases. This is because the volume of liquid mercury expands with higher temperatures, causing it to climb up the measuring scale in the thermometer.


What does a thermometer contain water or Mercury?

If it's a silver liquid it's mercury, if it's red it's alcohol (not water)


What would you measure water temperature with?

A mercury thermometer (but not a medical one!)


What will the mercury thermometer show when it is kept in ice?

The question must be asked carefully. If the thermometer is in water ice and there is no liquid water, and there is one atmosphere of pressure, the thermometer can read anything from the freezing point of water and lower, depending on the range of the thermometer. If the thermometer is in a stable mix of water and ice, it will read the freezing point of water.


Why is alcohol and mercury in liquid thermometer than water?

Water freezes at too high a temperature.


How do you verify ice point of mercury thermometer?

To verify the ice point of a mercury thermometer, place the thermometer in a mixture of crushed ice and water, stirring gently. Allow the thermometer to stabilize for a few minutes, ensuring the mercury column remains constant. The temperature indicated by the thermometer should match the expected ice point of 0°C (32°F).


Why mercury is use instead of water in a thermometer?

when measure a very hot body with water inside the thermometer, the glass will break or the water will evaporate, similarly if we measure a cold body with the water again the water inside will freeze and we wont know thew correct measure