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Module 2. Physics

You are at the north pole where the temperature is minus 50 degrees C below freezing. What sort of thermometer would you use to measure it?

  • Water.
  • Alcohol.
  • Mercury.

bennguli asking:

i don't get it guys

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arcana_force Posts: 14 02.03.2018 / 21:20
Water freezes at 0*C.
Mercury freezes at -38.8*C.
Alcohol freezes at -114*C.

Both water and mercury are not suited for such temperatures. Your thermometer wouldn't work.

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