What is used inside thermometer?

Which of the group-13 elements is used in thermometers for recording high temperatures and why?

A special kind of metal, liquid in nature is used to make thermometer and fluroscent bulb. Name it.

What is thermommeter? What is mercury thermometer?

What is weight thermometer?

Statement I : Water is considered unsuitable for use in thermometers. Statement II : This is due to small specific heat and high thermal conductivity.

In a mercury thermometer the ice point (lower fixed point) is marked as 10^(@) and the steam point (upper fixed point) is marked as 130^(@) . At 40^(@)C temperature, what Will this thermometer read?

What are the fixed points of a thermometer? What do you mean by lower fixed point and upper fixed point of a thermometer?

The lower and the upper fixed points in a thermometer are 0.2 degree and 101.7 degree respectively. What will be the reading on this thermometer at a temperature of 60^(@)C ?

A centimetre scale is attached with a thermometer of uniform bore. The thermometer reads 7.3 cm in melting ice, 23.8 cm in boiling water and 3.5 cm in a freezing mixture. What is the temperature of this freezing mixture in ""^(@)C ?