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प्रश्न
How does a clinical thermometer differ from the thermometer used in the laboratory?
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उत्तर
Differences between Clinical thermometers and Laboratory thermometers:
| Clinical thermometer | Laboratory thermometer |
| i. At home, this thermometer is used. It is primarily used to determine human body temperature. | i. This thermometer is specifically designed for measuring the temperature of all things other than the human body. |
| ii. The temperature range of a clinical thermometer is only 35ºC to 42ºC. | ii. The temperature range of a laboratory thermometer is -10ºC to 110ºC. |
| iii. A clinical thermometer has a kink. | iii. A kink does not exist in a laboratory thermometer. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A thermometer is used to measure ______.
Describe a clinical thermometer. How does it differ from the thermometer used in laboratory?
The body temperature of a healthy man is;
Heat energy transfer from ______ to ______.
Match the following
| i. | Clinical thermometer | A form of energy |
| ii. | Normal temperature of human body | 100°C |
| iii. | Heat | 37°C |
| iv. | Boiling point of water | 0°C |
| v. | Melting point of water | Kink |
State the similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer
What is the boiling point of mercury?
What is the freezing point of alcohol?
A laboratory thermometer A is kept 7 cm away on the side of the flame while a similar thermometer B is kept 7 cm above the flame of a candle as shown in the following figure.

Which of the thermometers, A or B, will show a greater rise in temperature? Give reason for your answer.
You may have noticed that a few sharp jerks are given to a clinical thermometer before using it. Why is it done so?
