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What are the advantages of using alcohol instead of mercury in a thermometer​

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Advantages. It is suitable to measure low temperatures because of its freezing point is low. It is less toxic than mercury thermometer and hence high on safety factor for human and environment. It has a greater value of temperature coefficient of expansion than a mercury thermometer.

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