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Chapter 13: Q2Q (page 359)

Question: Name several properties of materials that could be used to make a thermometer.

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The properties of materials that could be used to make a thermometer are as follows:

(1) Electrical resistance

(2) Volume of a gas

(3) Color (frequency) of emitted light from a heated plate

(4) Expansion of a metal (bimetallic strip)

(5) Volume of a liquid (mercury thermometer).

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Thermometric properties

The performance of a thermometer is based on the variation of some physical properties (such as volume, resistance, vapor pressure, etc.) of the working substance with temperature.

This property of the working substance is called its thermal or thermometric property.

The most common type of thermometer is the mercury thermometer, which is based on the thermal expansion of mercury.

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Properties of materials that could be used to make a thermometer.

The other characteristics that can be utilized for the construction of a thermometer are as follows:

(1) Electrical resistance

(2) Volume of a gas

(3) Color (frequency) of emitted light from a heated plate

(4) Expansion of a metal (bimetallic strip)

(5) Volume of a liquid (mercury thermometer)

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