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 ====== Galileo Thermometer ======
-{{tag>Galileo Thermometer Physics 153 Phys needs_review untagged unlocated}}
+{{tag> measurement thermodynamics density buoyancy thermal_expansion located}}
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 ===== Description =====
-Show temperature change vs. densities of the different coloured liquid    Classes: PHYS 153    Thumbnail source: Google
+A Galileo thermometer is a thermometer consisting of a sealed cylinder filled with clear liquid and containing several glass floats of varying density.
 ===== Purpose =====
-Show temperature change vs. densities of the different coloured liquid
+Demonstrate how the density of liquids can vary with temperature, and how this impacts the force of buoyancy experiences by objects immersed in the liquid.
-Description: Thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and a number of floats whose densities are such that they rise or fall as the temperature changes. (source: Wikipedia)
-Materials: Heat Gun, Galileo Thermometer
 ===== Apparatus =====
+  * Galileo Thermometer
+  * [[demonstrations:9_equipment:heat_gun:start|Heat Gun]]
 ===== Setup =====
+Place the Galileo thermometer on the table and begin heating it up with the heat gun. Avoid bringing the heat gun very close to the thermometer as the thermal stress can cause fracture. As the thermometer warms up, the floats which previously were floating at the top will one-by-one begin to sink to the bottom. Eventually, all of the floats will sink to the bottom.
 ===== Notes =====
-Heat gun can be found in the tools closet
+This particular Galileo thermometer is read by looking at the lowest float that hasn't sunk to the bottom. The readings are unfortunately in Fahrenheit.
-Updated on Jan 25 2017
+Contrary to immediate intuition the differently-colored liquids which half-fill the floats are entirely unrelated to the operation of this thermometer.((Typically, this is just dyed water or sometimes ethanol.)) Since the glass has a low coefficient of thermal expansion relative to the surrounding liquid, the density of the floats can be said to be relatively constant. The actual principle of operation of the Galileo thermometer has to do with the liquid the floats are floating in. This liquid (often water, but not necessarily) decreases in density as its temperature increases. The densities of the floats are adjusted with the weights hanging from them such that they sink when the temperature of the liquid matches the temperature indicated.
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