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which thermometer alcohol thermometer are Mercury thermometer is suitable for mountaineers? why?
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because alcohol has a lower freezing point than mercury. Pure ethanol freezes at -115 degrees C, while mercury freezes at -38 degrees C. Thermometers rely upon thermal expansion of the liquid in a bulb at the base of a thin glass tube.