Videos on Alternatives to Mercury-Containing Thermometers in Industrial and Laboratory Settings

The following videos provide information on mercury-containing thermometer alternatives for industrial and laboratory settings and illustrate related thermometry concepts. Mercury-free thermometers are available and viable for most temperature measurement applications. Along with showcasing the available mercury-free thermometers on the market today, the videos cover important thermometry concepts such as traceability and the proper calibration of thermometers.

Introduction

This video provides an overview of mercury-containing thermometers alternatives and introduces the remaining videos on the concepts of traceability and creating an ice point or steam point for thermometer calibration (flv format 2 min 23 sec).

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Mercury-Containing Thermometer Alternatives

This video describes the types of mercury-containing thermometer alternatives that are currently available for use today in laboratory and industrial applications (flv format 6 min 5 sec).

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Traceability

In this video the concept of thermometer traceability is addressed and illustrated by example (flv format 6 min 2 sec).

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Ice Point

This video describes step by step how to create an "ice point" to correctly calibrate a thermometer (flv format 20 min 14 sec).

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Steam Point

This video describes step by step how to create a "steam point" to correctly calibrate a thermometer (flv format 10 min 24 sec).

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