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Why is a clinical thermometer usually shaken before use?
the thermometer is shaken before it is used because it is
Why is there a need for us to shake the clinical thermometer prior to each use?
If the clinical thermometer is a mercury based thermometer, it needs to be shaken down prior to each use. This is because there is a pinch point between the mercury reservoir bulb and the capillary tube, to ensure that the mercury does not shrink back into the bulb after the temperature has been taken. The mercury has therefore to be shaken back into the bulb before another measurement can be made. One should note that in many countries use of mercury based clinical thermometers is now discouraged (because mercury is toxic) and electronic thermometers are used in stead - these do not need 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.
Can you use a clinical thermometer to measure the temperature of a candle flame?
No The temperature of the candle flame is out of the temperature range of the clinical thermometer.
Why can you not use a clinical thermometer to measure the temperature of a candle flame?
We cannot use a clinical thermometer to measure temperature of a candle flame because then the mercury will expand too much and the thermometer will explode.
Which thermometer would you use to measure the temperature of the body temperature of a patient?
Clinical thermometer
How can you measure a body temperature?
What kind of thermometer you use to measure the body temperature
What is the use of a clinical thermometer?
human body temperature,to measure it
What is clinical thermometer use for?
Measurement of human body temperature.
Can we use a clinical thermometer to measure the temperature of boiling water?
No.
Can you use a laboratory thermometer for clinical purposes?
no please there's mercury which will just poison you
