The reason: Mercury released into the environment from a broken thermometer is highly poisonous. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

(And good luck trying to buy a plain old liquid thermometer at CVS ... Then you'll learn a little about gallium and how it has replaced mercury in "analog" thermometers. Either I got a whole lot ...

In actuality, this liquid is more often alcohol than mercury. Mercury is toxic to the touch and would be dangerous should the thermometer bulb break. Another advantage of alcohol is that the ...

Diving into one of the most mesmerizing and mysterious elements on the periodic table: Mercury (Hg). Known for being the only ...

I read recently that Boston is the latest city to ban the sale of mercury thermometers because of ... of my own run-in with that shiny, silver liquid. I am no expert on the environmental ...

The thermometer has a small bulb filled with either mercury (in older thermometers) or alcohol (in modern ones). When the temperature rises, the liquid expands and moves up the narrow tube.

Mercury is a somewhat different metal in that it is liquid when most other metals are solid. It has a silvery-gray color, and although many thermometers today are digital, mercury is often used in ...

Most commonly, the temperature is measured with a mercury thermometer. The liquid mercury inside the thermometer expands and rises to a certain value when heat is added, and contracts and falls to ...

But it's also a dangerous toxic nerve poison. People tend to associate mercury with its silvery liquid form — as found in old thermometers. But it was also used in electrical switches or relays ...

A large spill is considered anything greater than a broken thermometer. She said that the individual had not yet sold any of the liquid mercury. “My professional opinion is that he was not ...