Why is an alcohol thermometer not used for measuring temperature of boiling water.
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The klinc/clinc in alcohol thermometer is absent . After measuring the temperature, the temperature measured would either decrease or increase depending on which side it is tilted
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Ethanol filled thermometers are used in preference to mercury for meteorological measurements of minimum temperatures and can be used down to −70 °C -94 °F. The physical limitation of the ability of a thermometer to measure low temperature is the freezing point of the liquid used.
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