Question

What are the differences and similarities between clinical thermometer and laboratory thermometer?

Answer 1

Similarities:-

>Both clinical and laboratory have long, narrow, uniform glass tubes.

>The bulbs of both thermometers have mercury in them.

DIfferences:-

>The least count of both the thermometers differ.

>The temperature range of clinical thermometer is 35C to 42C and laboratory is -10C to 110C.

Answer 2

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SIMILARITIES

1. Both thermometers consist of long narrow uniform glass tubes .
2. Both have a bulb in one end.
3. Both contain mercury in bulb .
4. Both has celcius scale..

DIFFERENCES

1. Clinical thermometer reads temperature 35°C to 45°C while the range of laboratory thermometer is -10°C to 110°C..
2. Clinical thermometer has link near the bulb while laboratory thermometer doesn't have a kink.
3. We can only measure our body temperature using clinical thermometer while laboratory thermometer doesn't have a kink..

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