Mercury is of ten used in clinical thermometers. Which one of the following properties of mercury is not a reason for this?

  • [KVPY 2016]
  • A

    The coefficient of the thermal expansion is large

  • B

    It is shiny

  • C

    It is a liquid at room temperature

  • D

    It has high density

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