THe thermometer broke.  The mercury is gone..
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No Keep it warm you never know who might visit.  ;-)
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Basically the reason they do it...is:   When Mercury is injected into your body, you, for the rest of your adult life.....sort of act as a THERMOMETER.   With uncanny accuracy you can now tell the ambient temperatue in any environment within approximately 4 degrees, Farenheight or Celcius.\n\nIt's incredible.\n\n\nI've gotta go.....I feel a "Chill" coming on.
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let us take 1kg  water at a initial temp = tdegrees\nthen dropp the metal in it\nnote the final temp\nheat lost by water=heat gained by metal\nnote the final equillibrium temp which would be same for the metal and water\nneglect the temp change of container
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No offense, but take it to a Professional. You will be better off. If you've got it "in your hands" there's a good possibility your frying it as I type this message.
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Are you asking what the momentum transfer to Mercury is on average? This should be fun.  I'll walk you through it cause I want to do it myself.  \n\n1) At the Earth right now, (10:30 PM PST on 5/25/2006) the Solar wind has a speed of 377 km/s and a density of 0.8 protons/cm^3. The flux in protons/sec/cm^2 would be these two numbers multiplied together or about 3x10^7 protons per second per cm^2. \n\n2) To first order, the solar wind has a constant velocity, so the flux at Mercury's orbit would simply be the flux here times the ratio of the Earth and Mercury's orbital distances from the sun squared, so 3x10^7*(1AU/.4)^2 = 2x10^8 protons/sec/cm^2\n\n3) Now we find the sq cm of the cross section of Mercury in cm = Pi*(2.4x10^8)^2 5.8 = 2x10^17 cm^2. \n\n4) Multiply that cross section by that proton flux and mercury gets hammered by 4x10^25 protons/sec at 377 km/s.  \n\n5) Multiply those together (turn those km/s into cm/s!) and by the mass of a proton (1.7x10^-24 g) and the force on Mercury from the solar wind is about 2x10^9 dynes or 2x10^2 newtons. This assumes that the protons stick rather than bounce off the surface of the planet (an ideal inelastic collision).\n\n\n6) Divide that by the mass of mercury to find the acceleration exerted on it by the solar wind:\n2x10^2 N/3x10^23 kg = 6x10^-22 m/s^2 .\n\n7) Alas, over the lifetime of the solar system before the sun puffs out and gobbles Mercury (3x10^17 seconds)  Mercury will only experience a delta-v of 2x10^-5 m/s.  Very tiny compared to the orbital velocity of 5x10^4 m/s . 2.5 billion times tinier, in fact. \n\n8) Of course over all those seconds, that adds up to something measurable. 3x10^12 meters, (remember, 1/2 a*t^2) which is 20 AU, and with the sun half dead, Mercury should have been pushed out 1/4 of that amount, or 5 AU. (As a quiz, explain why this calculation does not apply in this circumstance).\n\nNote that all of this assumes the solar wind to be constant over time, which is certainly is not, but I bet step 7 is not more than a factor of 30 off.  Over the lifetime of the solar system, the solar wind will have a negligable (even unmeasurable) impact on Mercury.\n\nThat was fun.  I am going to bed now.
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It is in "tidal lock" with the earth.  Over the eons, its rotational speed has been slowed down to synch up with its orbit of earth.  Mercury is in tidal lock with the sun as well.  One side of Mercury is always extremely hot, and the other side is extremely cold, despite it being the closest planet to the sun.
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might be  mercury compound(only  Mercury can dissolved gold))
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Ethanol. with a coloring in it. Red or Blue usually.\n Hey all of you who are saying "mercury".....If you have a mercury thermometer in your home dispose of it quickly and safely! Even a small Mercury spill must be reported quickly as it can poison hundreds of people! It is considered as hazmat situation!! Contact with even tiny amounts of mercury can cause brain damage, birth defects and death. Mercury has no place in the home.
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um, you brught it when it was broken already? CONTACT TIPPMANN AND GET A NEW ONE FOR FREE!! ^___^ (sorry, ads get 2 u)
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Sounds like it has died.\n\nTry cleaning it but you are probably looking at needing to buy a new one.\n\n///
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Yeah, this may classify as a Thermonuclear Rebound.\nBe glad you're no longer with this nutjob.
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What has that to do with chemistry at all?  Try asking a meterologist.
416405
The experimenter messed up the experiment. Or the tablet contained no aspirin. try it again. Or the chemicals you used were old and expired.
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OMG!\ni have the same question!\nmine is:\nA piece of an unknown metal has a mass of 20.0 g and at 100.0 C is placed in a styrofoam cup calorimeter containing 50.7 g of water at 22 C. If the final temp is 27.2 C, calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal. Assume that all the energy lost by the metal is gained by the water.\n\nok, haha fine, not the SAME question, but close enough. But, i'm uber confused. ><
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There's several options really. Could just be a battery issue, a memory issue, maybe something in there fried (which sadly is the most likely). Honestly though, I would recommend taking it in to the place where you bought it/ calling the manufacturer to find out, provided it's not adressed in the owners manual. They'd know, where-as we can only make half-assed geusses.
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You are right. It would be tough. Best to buy a new one for $5.00.
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Strangely enough, the HOT water would freeze first.  There is a chemical explanation for this.