Name: Different Units of Temperature
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 52 s
Description: The concept introduces the various units that are used for measuring temperature. The properties of each unit along with their interconversions are also disc...

Question

Draw the diagram of a laboratory thermometer and label its parts. How does it differ from a clinical thermometer?

Accepted Answer

Laboratory thermometers are used in laboratories to measure temperatures with high accuracy and over a large range of temperatures, generally in the range of $- 10 ° C$ to $110^{°} C$ . They can be either mercury or alcohol thermometers.

Clinical thermometer Laboratory thermometer

1) This is used to measure the human body temperature. 1) It is used to measure the temperature of different objects.

2) The kink present above the bulb of a clinical thermometer prevents the mercury in the tube from contracting and flowing back into the bulb before the temperature is read. 2) The laboratory thermometer does not have a kink that holds the mercury level.

3) A clinical thermometer has a very short range of temperature from $35 ° C$ to $42 ° C$ . 3) It measures the temperature ranges from $- 10^{°} C$ to $110^{°} C$ .

Draw the diagram of a laboratory thermometer and label its parts. How does it differ from a clinical thermometer?

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