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Clinical thermometers are made to be used in a hospital to accurately determine body temperature. They are often digital. Lab thermometers are made of metal or glass and usually don't give you an accurate reading as much as a "ball park." A clinical thermometer may have mercury but lab thermometers usually have alcohol .
Laboratory thermometers can measure wide variety of temperature, whereas a clinical thermometer has a range between 95 to 105 Fahrenheit. Clinical thermometers are made to be used in a hospital to accurately determinebody temperature. They are often digital. Lab thermometers are made of metal or glass and usually don't give you an accurate reading as much as a "ball park". Clinical thermometer may have mercury but lab thermometers usually have alcohol .
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.
It stays at the maximum point so you get an accurate reading
The minimum reading that can be taken in a thermometer on a degree c scale is the least count of itfor example,the least count of a clinical thermometer is 1/5 or 0.2degree c because there are 5 subdivisions of 1 division
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Clinical thermometers are made to be used in a hospital to accurately determine body temperature. They are often digital. Lab thermometers are made of metal or glass and usually don't give you an accurate reading as much as a "ball park." A clinical thermometer may have mercury but lab thermometers usually have alcohol .
Laboratory thermometers can measure wide variety of temperature, whereas a clinical thermometer has a range between 95 to 105 Fahrenheit. Clinical thermometers are made to be used in a hospital to accurately determinebody temperature. They are often digital. Lab thermometers are made of metal or glass and usually don't give you an accurate reading as much as a "ball park". Clinical thermometer may have mercury but lab thermometers usually have alcohol .
A digital thermometer is less 'intrusive' - as you don't need to hold it in place for any length of time (as you would with a mercury thermometer). Digital ones give you an almost instant reading.
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.
It stays at the maximum point so you get an accurate reading
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.
In order to get a more precise and accurate reading.
It stays at the maximum point so you get an accurate reading
Instant read meat thermometers are always digital. The other syle of meat thermometer is analog and it takes time to reach the temperature reading after insertion into the meat.
The minimum reading that can be taken in a thermometer on a degree c scale is the least count of itfor example,the least count of a clinical thermometer is 1/5 or 0.2degree c because there are 5 subdivisions of 1 division
The minimum reading that can be taken in a thermometer on a degree c scale is the least count of itfor example,the least count of a clinical thermometer is 1/5 or 0.2degree c because there are 5 subdivisions of 1 division