Question

Why clinical thermometer have a kink in the capillary tube?

Answer 1

THE KINK PREVENTS THE MERCURY PRESENT IN THE CAPILLARY TO FALL BACK INTO THE BULB. SO IT SEPARATES THE HIGH TEMPERATURE MERCURY AND COOL MERCURY AND ALLOWS THE USER TO TAKE A READING WHEN THE THERMOMETER IS TAKEN OUT

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Answer 2

Kink in the clinical thermometer don't allow the Mercury to settle down when removed from the body.

This breakage makes the doctor to have accurate temperature view