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state similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer


Sagar 1st Dec, 2020
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Abhishek Singh Tomar 1st Dec, 2020

Similarities between Clinical Thermometer and  a laboratory thermometer

  • Both are made of glass and consist of long narrow glass tube.
  • At one end both of them have a bulb.
  • Bulbs of both the thermometers consist of mercury
  • Celsius scale is present in both the thermometer

Differences between Clinical Thermometer and  a laboratory thermometer

Clinical Thermometer Laboratory thermometer
Temperature range if 35 to 42 0 c Temperature range is -10 to 110 0 c
Used to measure human body temperature Used to measure temperature in the laboratory
It has kink which prevents immediate backflow of mercury It does not have a kink

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