Suppose a mercury thermometer is in contact with a hot body hotter than it.Hot BOdy --T KMercury thermometer - tk such that T>tNow when thermal equilibrium would be attained the temperature would not be the same as the earlier one i.e. TIt would chage to T3 K so how can a mercury thermometer measure the right temperature of the hot body?
Deepak Patra , 10 Years ago
Grade upto college level