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It is Said that Mercury is Used in Defining the Temperature Scale Because It Expands Uniformly with Temperature.

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It is said that mercury is used in defining the temperature scale because it expands uniformly with  temperature. If the temperature scale is not yet defined, is it logical to say that a substance expands uniformly with temperature?

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It is not illogical to say that mercury expands uniformly before temperature scale was defined. It's uniform expansion can be studied by comparing the expansion of mercury with expansion of other substances (like alcohol water etc).

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पाठ 23: Heat and Temperature - Short Answers [पृष्ठ ११]

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एचसी वर्मा Concepts of Physics Volume 1 and 2 [English]
पाठ 23 Heat and Temperature
Short Answers | Q 3 | पृष्ठ ११

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