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Why is kink in clinical thermometer?
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What is the mercury called on a clinical thermometer?
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Why does the mercury not fall or rise in a clinical thermometer when taken out of the mouth?
Mercury does not fall or rise in a clinical thermometer when taken out from the mouth because of the KINK present in it.
What is the role of the kink in clinical thermometer?
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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 are some advantages of a clinical thermometer?
The kink at one end of the thermometer will helps us to read the temperature frequently. P. bhanusree Jhonson grammar school, hyd
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.
What are clinical thermometers?
A clinical thermometer is a thermometer people use to check the average humans body temperature.
What liquid is found in a clinical thermometer?
The liquid in a clinical thermometer is often mercury. But there are thermometers that use a coloured alcohol.
Why is there no kink in a laboratory thermometer?
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Why lab thermometer do not have kink?
the temparature of the liquid must be read while the thermometer is in the liquid.since the level of mercury drops as soon as the thermometer is taken out of the liquid ,therefore no need of the kink in thermometer.
