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Class 11Physics1 Thermal Properties of Matter: Thermometry, Expansion and CalorimetryTemperature and Temperature scales
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Mercury boils at $367^{\circ}C$. However,mercury thermometers are made such that they can measure temperatures up to $500^{\circ}C$. This is achieved by:

  • A
    Maintaining a vacuum above the mercury column in the stem of the thermometer
  • B
    Filling nitrogen gas at high pressure above the mercury column
  • C
    Filling nitrogen gas at low pressure above the mercury level
  • D
    Filling oxygen gas at high pressure above the mercury column
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1 Thermal Properties of Matter: Thermometry, Expansion and Calorimetry

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