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Q: 5.Why there is a kink in clinical thermometer?​

Answer 1

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Kink in the clinical thermometer helps to prohibit the falling of mercury present in the capillary tube into the bulb ensuring that a person should get the correct reading even after taking the thermometer out from his/her mouth.

Answer 2

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There is a knik in a clinical thermometer because it ensures that the mercury should not move back into the bulb when the thermometer is taken out of a person's mouth for reading