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∙ 14y agowell its not exactly pear shaped but you can use the word prismatic... i.e., prism shaped...that shape is going to absorb light rays from outside and magnify whatever is there on the inside..In this case its the mercury..!! so the mercury inside the thermometer gets magnified and you can take the mercury reading easily...you can even observe this when you rotate the thermometer it looks different from every angle...so you take the readings where the mercury and the measurements on the glass are properly magnified..
(or you can avoid all this trouble and buy a digital thermometer...it will even beep and tell you when to take the thermometer out of your mouth !!)
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∙ 12y agoA longer bulb offers more surface area as compared to a spherical bulb. This helps to record the temperature more accurately.
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∙ 11y agoThe construction in the capillary tube does not allow the mercury to flow back into the bulb when the thermometer is taken out from the patient's mouth.
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Which feature belongs to a clinical thermometer?
what characteristic belongs to a clinical thermometer
What is the temperature range of a clinical thermometer?
The average temperature in a clinical thermometer is from approximately 35 degrees to 42 degrees.
What are clinical thermometers?
A clinical thermometer is a thermometer people use to check the average humans body temperature.
Difference between laboratory and clinical thermometer?
A clinical thermometer is used to measure a human body, and the laboratory thermometer is used to boil water and other lab uses.
Why is kink in clinical thermometer?
k
Which feature belongs to a clinical thermometer?
what characteristic belongs to a clinical thermometer
What is the most used thermometer?
Clinical Thermometer
What is the temperature range of a clinical thermometer?
The average temperature in a clinical thermometer is from approximately 35 degrees to 42 degrees.
What is the different between clinical thermometer and liquid in glass thermometer?
a lab thermometer did not have a constriction as compared to clinical thermometer. it have a wide range of measurement and usually contains alcohol
What are clinical thermometers?
A clinical thermometer is a thermometer people use to check the average humans body temperature.
Which apparatus is more accurate clinical thermometer or laboratory thermometer?
Lab thermometer.
Mention any two points of difference between a clinical thermometer and an ordinary mercury thermometer?
A clinical thermometer will offer more precise calibrated readings than a mercury thermometer. The range of measurable temperature differs between a clinical and a mercury thermometer with the mercury thermometer having the wider range.
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 the clinical thermometer shorter than the laboratry thermometer?
becouse the clinical themometer s showing the aswr quickly
What are the two main types of thermometer used today?
clinical thermometer and lab thermometer
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.
Difference between laboratory and clinical thermometer?
A clinical thermometer is used to measure a human body, and the laboratory thermometer is used to boil water and other lab uses.
