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Thermometer reading with high body temperature

Fever. Thermometer that reads an elevated body temperature, 38.6 degrees Celsius or 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit. This thermometer uses galinstan as a replacement for toxic liquid mercury. Galinstan is a eutectic alloy of gallium, indium, and tin. It is a liquid at room temperature and is non-toxic.

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Thermometer reading with high body temperature

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Fever. Thermometer that reads an elevated body temperature, 38.6 degrees Celsius or 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit. This thermometer uses galinstan as a replacement for toxic liquid mercury. Galinstan is a eutectic alloy of gallium, indium, and tin. It is a liquid at room temperature and is non-toxic.

Credit:

Album / Turtle Rock Scientific/Science Source

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Image size:

5148 x 3416 px | 50.3 MB

Print size:

43.6 x 28.9 cm | 17.2 x 11.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ALLOY • CELSIUS • CHEMICAL • CONVERSION • DEGREE • ELEMENT • EUTECTIC • EXPANSION • FAHRENHEIT • FEVER • GA • GALINSTAN • GALLIUM • GLASS • GRADE • IN • INDIUM • LIFE • LIQUID • MEASURE • MEDICAL • MEDICINAL • METAL • NO ONE • NO-ONE • NOBODY • PHYSICS • PYREXIA • SCALE • SN • STILL • TEMPERATURE • THERMAL • THERMOMETER • TIN • UNIT