what is the function of kink in clinical thermometer?
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Kink is required in clinical thermometer so that the mercury does not fall immidatetly as soon as it is taken out of the mouth.
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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
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