FARGO — The principal of a liquid-in-glass thermometer is that the liquid inside a very narrow tube will contract and expand with temperature variation. The top of the liquid represents the ...

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 ...

Gary Baker, who also works with ILs, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US, says that "using an IL as a filling fluid toward a new class of liquid-in-glass thermometer nicely illustrates the broad ...

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 ...