TEMPERATURE
1.
Explain why water is not used as thermometric liquid.
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Water is not used as thermometric liquid because
- It has high heat capacity
- Its expansion is non-linear
- it shows anomalous expamsion; i.e. It expands on cooling at a certain temperatures
- It is transparent/colourless
- It sticks to the sides of glass.(It wet glass)
- It is a bad conductor of heat.
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