Question

why do clinical thermometer have a bend or kink? ANS clinical thermometer have a bend or kink to prevent the mercury from falling back into the bulb after the measurement is taken thus ensuring correct reading of temperature. please add some more lines on this answer please please ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Since, in clinical thermometer, mercury is used and level of mercury rises very rapidly with small variation in temperature that's why thermometers provided with kink near the bulb so it prevents the level of mercury from falling when taken out of mouth.

Hence, the answers are it prevent the level of the mercury from falling when taken out of the mouth, it allows the level of the mercury to fall when taken out of the mouth.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

The kink is to prevent the back flow of mercury into the thermometer bulb when the thermometer bulb is removed from the mouth of a patient. The kink prevents the mercury level in the thermometer tube from falling on its own.