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ERIC Number: EJ717308
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Feb-1
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Mercury Thermometer Replacements in Chemistry Laboratories
Foster, Barbara L.
Journal of Chemical Education, v82 n2 p269 Feb 2005
The consequences of broken mercury-in-glass thermometers in academic laboratories results in various health and environmental hazards, which needs to be replaced, by long-stem digital thermometers and non-mercury glass thermometers. The factors that should be considered during the mercury replacement process are types of applications in the laboratories, temperature range, immersion length and many more.
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Hazardous Materials, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Safety
Journal of Chemical Education, Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/AboutJCE/contact.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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