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.
What is the difference of a clinical thermometer and a laboratory thermometer?
Clinical Thermometer -To measure the body temperature, a special thermometer, called the clinical thermometer is used. -This thermometer has to be given sharp jerk after measuring the thermometer. -In 1866 Sir Thomas_Clifford_Allbutt invented the clinical thermometer, Laboratory thermometer -This thermometer is generally used in laboratories for measuring temperature. -This thermometer does not has to be given sharp jerk after measuring the thermometer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The difference between a clinical and mercury thermometer?
All righto, ya gotta 'no wat da clinic n' da mercury thermometer is da... Foistly, clinic thermometer is da thermometer used to measure body temperature. Often the liquid inside it is mercury, but sometimes it is alcohol. It is very accurate because it has a narrow place where the liquid rises very fast. Den da mercury thermometer consists of mercury. Basically, it has..... yea blah blah blah, just look it up in ya dictionary. Anyways…
Why can't we use clinical thermometer for laboratory purposes?
We can't use clinical thermometer as a laboratory thermometer because in clinical thermometer the metal which is used is called mercury but in laboratory thermometer alcohol is used which expands faster than the mercury. so in laboratory we need uniformity between the body and the thermometer's temperature to get the accurate reading. From Rehan Ahmad. ahmedfaiz5@gmail.com.