Answer:
make thermometers smaller using mercury
Explanation:
Daniel Fahrenheit invented first accurate thermometer which used mercury instead of the alcohol and the water mixtures. In laboratory, he used this invention of him to develop first temperature scale which was enough precise to become the worldwide standard.
The key to the Fahrenheit's thermometer was that the mercury is able to rise and fall within tube without sticking to sides. It was ideal substance for the reading temperatures since mercury expanded at more constant rate than the alcohol and is also able to be read the temperature at much higher and also lower temperatures.
V1/T1 = V2/T2, so
<span>V2 = V1 * T2 / T1 </span>
<span>V2 = 54.2 L * 345 K / 115 K </span>
<span>V2 = 163 L</span>
As you go across a period, radius shrinks because you are adding protons. The added positive charge increases pull on the electron shells.
As you go down a group, radius gets larger because you are increasing shells of electrons. This increases shielding of the nucleus' positive charge, so the electrons are not pulled in as much.
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