To disinfect a digital thermometer, you can use an alcohol-based wipe with at least 70% concentration, or rubbing alcohol. You can also clean glass thermometers or rectal thermometers with soap ...

Let’s explore some of the most common ones. The classic thermometer with a thin glass tube and a red or silver liquid inside is called a liquid-in-glass thermometer. These use the principle of ...

Mercury in the glass thermometer that we use for checking body temperature is most lethal and can pose serious health problems if accidentally spilt Mercury in the glass thermometer that we use ...

Thermometers are essential tools for measuring temperature, and their creation is a detailed process. The manufacturing starts with the design of the casing, typically made of glass or metal ...

Equipment: A Galileo's thermometer (a sealed liquid filled glass cylinder containing sealed glass floats labeled 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 and 26 degrees C), a 4 liter ...

Building a thermometer is a matter of precise technology—putting just the right amount of mercury into a specially designed glass tube, for instance—but determining which numbers to use on the ...

Boiling tube A slightly larger glass test tube. Used to heat substances over a Bunsen burner. Thermometer A device that measures temperature. Funnel A tube that is wide at one end and narrow at ...