If an old thermometer containing 1.66 g of mercury absorbs enough heat to go from 0°C to 100°C, how much heat was absorbed? (CHg = 0.14 J/(g. ).)

Explanation:If there is no liquid in your thermometer, for example, if it uses a metallic strip or coil to measure temperature (like most meat thermometers do), it is not a mercury thermometer.

If the liquid in the thermometer bulb is any color other than silver, it is not a mercury thermometer.

If the liquid in your thermometer bulb is silver, then the liquid might be:

mercury, or  

a non-toxic compound that looks similar to mercury.  

atomic number of carbon is 6

electronic configuration of carbon is 1s²2s²2p²

orbital diagram of c is as shown here in the image.