Do you know that thermometers are not allowed in airplanes, but why is it so, what is the reason behind it. The thermometer is sometimes useful in emergencies, mainly used in measuring fever, and is considered a necessary part of first aid kit items, then why it is not allowed in the airplane. So the answer is there is nothing like that, in the present times there are digital thermometers, which work digitally. You know that in the past, mercury was used in thermometers, but this has become a matter of the past and now the digital thermometers are being used, and the use of mercury has stopped.
So the restriction which is there in the plane is only and only for the old-fashioned mercury thermometers, there is nothing like that for the current digital thermometers. The restriction for mercury thermometer was only there because if a drop of mercury falls in the plane, then in such a hot temperature, there will be an instant reaction. Because the body of the plane is made of aluminum, and in any part of the plane's body i.e. someone is sitting inside and he broke the thermometer and the mercury is released, then there will be an instant reaction in the high temperature above and in just a few minutes the whole aluminum will become hollow and will be damaged, as the mercury will "eat" through the aluminum rapidly.
Mercury is such a metal liquid that is the biggest enemy of aluminum and a drop of mercury can destroy aluminum weighing several tons. The most important thing about mercury is that it destroys aluminum rapidly but does not destroy itself and if the thermometer breaks during the journey, the whole airplane can crash. Both mercury and aluminum react, so this is the reason why old thermometers with mercury are not allowed in the plane and the current digital ones are allowed.
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