Question

function of kink in a clinical thermometer

Answer 1

A clinical thermometer is a special type of liquid-in-glass thermometer although electronic versions are also available. It has a smaller and more accurate temperature range of measurement (35°C to 42°C).

Specific features of the liquid-in-glass clinical thermometer are:

A 'kink' in the glass tube which breaks the mercury as it contracts, storing the highest temperature reading.The glass tube is shaped like a lens to magnify the thin mercury thread. Shaking the thermometer resets the mercury back into the bulb.

The normal body temperature for a human being is 37°C. If this temperature rises above 38°C then the person has a fever. If it lowers past 34°C then the person has hypothermia. Extreme temperature rises and falls will cause serious damage (e.g. frostbite) to the body or even death.

Answer 2

The kink in thermometer prevents the falling of the mercury in the capillary tube inside the bulb.

Explanation:

• The kink facilitates the user to observe the correct reading on the thermometer.
• The person before using the thermometer shakes the thermometer to make the mercury comes to the normal level.
• The kink helps in measuring temperature of the body in the thermometer.
• It helps to measure the correct reading even if the thermometer is taken out of the body.

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