What is used kink present near the bulb of a clinical thermometer
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the kink is used to retain the highest temperature measurement after the thermometer is removed from the place where the temperature was measured
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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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