...If you look at water in a test-tube, the surface is slightly concave. That's the meniscus.
Mercury has a convex meniscus.
(Mercury has a convex meniscus.
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Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:35,
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CORRECT.If you're measuring liquids in a tube, the tendency is to measure from the bottom of the meniscus, so that people can get consistent results.
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Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:57,
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