Can an ordinary mercury thermometer measure the temperature of one drop of hot water?

No, you cannot measure the temperature of one drop of hot water, because the mass of the drop is small, which means that the amount of heat is also small. Therefore, the drop will distribute this amount of heat to the environment.



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