why are Mercury and alcohol used in thermometers for measuring temperature?
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There is a technical reason for using mercury in clinical thermometers. Mercury has a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than alcohol.
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This means a column of mercury will expand and rise more than a column of alcohol for the same temperature change. As a result, you can get finer readings with mercury.
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It is because mercury is a type of metal which has a very low boiling point , so when we measure fever by thermometer ️ (consist of mercury) then mercury boil faster and show the fever in thermometer
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