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Given the volume expansion coefficient of water is 2.10 x 10-4 °C-1 and the volume expansion...

Given the volume expansion coefficient of water is 2.10 x 10-4 °C-1 and the volume expansion coefficient of ethanol is 11.0 x 10-4 °C-1, explain why ethanol is a better choice for use in a thermometer than water.

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