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Gnom [1K]
3 years ago
9

Why mercury is preferred over alcohol in thermometer

Physics
1 answer:
kondor19780726 [428]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Explanation:

Reason why Mercury is preferred to alcohol as thermometric liquids. 1. Mercury has a much greater conductivity than alcohol and expands rapidly, and thus indicates a temperature change quickly. ... Mercury does not wet glass but alcohol because of its concave meniscus tends to cling to the walls of stem of the thermometer.

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