A mercury thermometer has a bulb of volume 0.100 cm3 at 10.°C. The capillary tube above the bulb has a cross-sectional area of 0.012 mm2

The volume thermal expansion coefficient of mercury is 1.80 × 10-4 K-1. How much will the mercury rise when the temperature rises to 30.°C?


3.0 cm

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