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Is gallium al...

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Is gallium also used in thermometers?

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Yes gallium is also used in thermometers .

Of the four, gallium is the only one that is neither highly reactive (rubidium and caesium) nor highly toxic (mercury) and can therefore be used in metal-in-glass high-temperature thermometers

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