What is a mercury thermometer?

Mercury thermometer is a glass tube is filled with mercury and marked with a standard temperature scale. The mercury expands or contracts with changes in temperature which can be read from the scale.

Mercury thermometers can be used to determine body, liquid, and vapor temperature. Hence it is used in households, laboratory experiments, and industrial applications.


Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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