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The best thermometer to use where temperatures drop below -39°C (-38.2°F) is:_______.

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The best thermometer to use for this temperature is the alcohol-in-a -glass thermometer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The alcohol thermometer is a type of thermometer which uses ethanol as its thermometric liquid. This has some advantages at low temperatures because ethanol freezes at about −114.9 °C that is (−174.82 °F).

Due to its low freezing point, it can still function effectively as a thermometric liquid, expanding and contracting properly based on the applied heat, when dealing with temperature measurements that are at about -38.2°F.

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