If you wanted to change the polarity of hydrogen bromide (HBr) by substituting the bromine by a different atom. Which atom would increase the polarity of the molecule?

Chlorine

Explanation:

The Polarity of an atom is characterized as the dipole to dipole intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule. Thus, the 'chlorine' atom would help in enhancing the polarity of hydrogen bromide(HBr) with 3.16 electronegativity as we know, the electronegativity increases if we move upwards in the periodic table.

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

4.it is also known as standard atmospheric pressure.

5.a barometer in which the weight of a column of mercury in a glass tube with a sealed top is balanced against that of the atmosphere pressing on an exposed cistern of mercury at the base of the mercury column, the height of the column varying with atmospheric pressure.