Calibration of thermometer -determining the Ice Point. The bulb of the uncalibrated thermometer is placed in the ice. The mercury level is marked.
Which factor affects the sensitivity of the thermometer ? How can the sensitivity of a thermometer be increased?
Does a bigger bulb increase or decrease the sensitivity. Is a thermocouple highly responsive to temperature or. What do you mean by sensitivity of a thermometer? It is the property in a thermometer defined as the change in property ( length, volume etc) per unit degree. Change made to thermometer.
A conventional bridge circuit employing a germanium transistor as a temperature sensor is shown to have very high sensitivity together with a large output . The sensitivity of a thermometer is defined as the increase in the length . Examples of liquid-in-glass thermometers are alcohol and mercury.
Thin thermometer means cross sectional area of the capillary tube is smaller than that of a thick thermometer ,so on heating,the rise in level of . Continue reading