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What is the highest temperature that can be measured by a clinical thermometer?
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Why does a clinical thermometer has a kink in its tube?
So the working fluid doesn't flow back into the bulb when the it is removed from the heat source. This makes a clinical thermometer "sticky"; it retains the reading of the highest temperature experienced until it is "reset" by shaking.
Why does the mercury fall or rise in a clinical thermometer when it is taken out of the mouth?
A clinical thermometer measures the max temp of the human body due to the expansion of the mercury in the bulb, which flows past a kink in the column and rises in the graduated stem, to read the highest body-temp. Once it is removed from the body, the mercury stays at that level, and does not fall because it cannot flow back into the bulb -- the kink prevents the back flow. It has to be shaken vigorously, as you know, for us to get the mercury back; then it is ready to take the temp again.. Also, the temp cannot rise further on its own from the max reading because the mercury does not expand the moment the thermometer is taken out of the body. Incidentally, temp can be measured under the armpits and in the rectum also.
How can amplitude be measured?
It can be measured from zero to the highest value vertically.This can be done with specific meters depending what you are measuring
What is the hotest place in the US?
The hottest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134 F in Death Valley, Califonia, on July 10, 1913. It was not a cool summer. The thermometer hit 120 F for 43 days in a row.Death Valley, California. They also have recorded the highest temperature ever in the past 100 years in the United States (134 F). They are also well below sea level, between 200 and 300 feet below.
In which layers is the temperature the highest?
the inner core
What is the highest temperature that can be measured by the thermometer?
108
Why does a clinical thermometer has a kink in it?
So the working fluid doesn't flow back into the bulb when the it is removed from the heat source. This makes a clinical thermometer "sticky"; it retains the reading of the highest temperature experienced until it is "reset" by shaking.
Why does a clinical thermometer has a kink in its tube?
So the working fluid doesn't flow back into the bulb when the it is removed from the heat source. This makes a clinical thermometer "sticky"; it retains the reading of the highest temperature experienced until it is "reset" by shaking.
How does the kink in a mercury or alcohol work in a clinical thermometer?
The kink stops the mercury from falling, giving the user/reader of the thermometer time to read the highest temperature recorded. Shaking the thermometer lets the mercury fall again.
What was the highest temperature recorded in the UK in 2005 and where was it measured?
38.5c
What was the highest recorded temperature recorded in the UK in 2005 and where was it measured?
38.5c
What is the highest temperature ever measured in Qatar?
The highest official temperature was at Doha: 49.6 C
What is the lowest and highest temperature in the world in all of the deserts?
The lowest temperature measured in a desert was -135.8 degrees F in Antarctica and the hottest reliably measured air temperature was +134 degrees F in the Mojave Desert.
What is the highest temperature british Columbia has ever had?
The highest temperature ever recorded in BC was 44.4C in Lillooet and Lytton simultaneously on July 16th, 1941. Today, in Pemberton, our thermometer recorded 43C in the shade. The end is near.
What is the temperature for a desert in the summer?
Each desert has its own statistics so you need to provide a specific location. The highest temperature reliably measured was in 1913 in the Mojave Desert in Death Valley. The temperature measured 134 degrees F.
What is the desert in California's highest temperature?
The hottest temperature ever reliably measured in any desert was 134 degrees F measured in Death Valley of the Mojave Desert in California on July 10, 1913.
What are the highest and lowest temperatures in Fahrenheit on a thermometer?
Usually, max 212 F and min 32 F It depends on for what the thermometer will be used. My greenhouse min/max thermometer has a min of -40°F and a max of 120°F A (non-digital) clinical thermometer has a min of 94°F and a max of 108°F A cook's (sugar/jam) thermometer has a min of 100°F and a max of 400°F
