Question

What is meaning of kink in thermometer

Answer 1

Answer:

A 'kink' in the glass tube which breaks the mercury as it contracts, storing the highest temperature reading. The glass tube is shaped like a lens to magnify the thin mercury thread. Shaking the thermometer resets the mercury back into the bulb.

Answer 2

ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀ:

ᴀ 'ᴋɪɴᴋ' ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴀss ᴛᴜʙᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ ᴀs ɪᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛs, sᴛᴏʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢʟᴀss ᴛᴜʙᴇ ɪs sʜᴀᴘᴇᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʟᴇɴs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀɢɴɪғʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴ ᴍᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅ. sʜᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴍᴏᴍᴇᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇsᴇᴛs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴜʟʙ.