Thermometers: what is the chemistry behind them?

Chemistry For Your Life · Jan 18, 2024 · 36m

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Thermometers tell us what temperature something is. But how do the thermometers know what the temperature is? Who tells the thermometers? Or rather, how do thermometers accurately gauge what the temperature is, consistently, in high heat and super cold? Let's find out.

References from this Episode

https://highschoolenergy.acs.org/what-is-energy/thermometers.html

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