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mercury-in-glass thermometer

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 716002 Last modified 08.10.2025
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Domain measuring instruments
mercury-in-glass thermometer
Usage examples
  • This procedure specifies the reference procedure for the determination of the freezing point of raw, pasteurized, UHT-treated and sterilized whole milk, partly skimmed milk and skimmed milk using an apparatus (the termistor cryoscope) in which the thermostatically controlled bathis cooled by electrical refrigeration and a thermistor probe replaces the mercury-in-glass thermometer.
Quecksilberthermometer

Meteoroloogia ja klimatoloogia terminibaas

ID 518249 Last modified 12.06.2023
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Domain atmosphere - climatology - meteorology - magnetosphere

Metroloogia terminibaas

ID 579546 Last modified 22.01.2024
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Domain metrologymeasuring instruments
elavhõbetemperatuurimõõtur preferred
klaaselavhõbetermomeeter deprecated
mercury-in-glass thermometer preferred
mercury thermometer
  • temperatuurimõõtevahend, mis koosneb gradueeritud suletud klaaskapillaartoru põhjas asuvas pirnitaolises anumas olevast elavhõbedast, ja mille klaaskapilaartoru on märgistatud kas Celsiuse või Fahrenheiti kraadides
    Good to know
    • Elavhõbe paisub temperatuuri tõusuga, põhjustades peene elavhõbedaniidi tõusu torus.
  • thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit
    Good to know
    • Mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube.
elavhõbetemperatuurimõõtur preferred
Usage examples
  • Elavhõbetemperatuurimõõtur koosneb elavhõbedat sisaldavast reservuaarist, mis on kinnitatud kitsa läbimõõduga klaastoru külge, temperatuuri tõusuga elavhõbeda maht muutub ja see väike mahumuutus ajab kitsa elavhõbedasamba suhteliselt kaugele klaastorust üles.
klaaselavhõbetermomeeter deprecated
elavhõbetermomeeter deprecated
Good to know
  • Temperatuuri ei saa mõõta meetriga.
mercury-in-glass thermometer preferred
Usage examples
  • The mercury-in-glass thermometer consists of a bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. The volume of mercury changes slightly with temperature, and the small change in volume drives the narrow mercury column a relatively long way up the tube.
mercury thermometer

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