Question

A State similarities and differences between laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer.






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Answer 1

Answer:

A laboratory thermometer, which is colloquially known as the lab thermometer, is used for measuring temperatures other than the human body temperature.

Answer 2

Explanation:

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.

Difference between Clinical Thermometer and a laboratory thermometer:

Clinical Thermometer

•Temperature range if 35 to 42°c.

• Used to measure human body temperature.

•It has kink which prevents immediate backflow of mercury.

Laboratory thermometer

•Temperature range is -10 to 110°c.

• Used to measure temperature in the laboratory.

• It does not have a kink.