Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-07339-817-4

Chapter 1 - Introduction and Basic Concepts - Problems - Page 42: 1-32C

Answer

No.

Work Step by Step

The two substances' densities change with temperature at different rates, therefore the thermometers would reach the $60^{\circ}C$ measurement at different real temperatures. P.S. If the alcohol that the problem refers to is ethanol, and the pressure inside the thermometer is 1 atm, at $100 ^{\circ}C$ it would be a vapor (b.p.$ 78 ^{\circ}C$), making it more clear that dividing the scale in 100 equal parts would yield inaccurate measurements.
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