write 2 similarities and 2 dissimilarity between clinical thermometer and laboratory thermometer
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Similarities:
Bulbs contain mercury.
Glass tubes are long, narrow and uniform.
Differences:
The clinical thermometer is used to measure body temperature, however, laboratory thermometer is not used for the purpose of measuring body temperature.
The temperature range of clinical thermometers is 35°C to 42°C and that of laboratory thermometers is -10°C to 110°C.
The least count of both the thermometers is different.
The clinical thermometer is can be tilted while reading the temperature values whereas laboratory thermometer need to be kept upright.
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SIMILARITIES
- Both thermometers consist of long narrow uniform glass tubes .
- Both have a bulb in one end.
- Both contain mercury in bulb .
- Both has celcius scale..
DIFFERENCES
- Clinical thermometer reads temperature 35°C to 45°C while the range of laboratory thermometer is -10°C to 110°C..
- Clinical thermometer has link near the bulb while laboratory thermometer doesn't have a kink.
- We can only measure our body temperature using clinical thermometer while laboratory thermometer doesn't have a kink..
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