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प्रश्न
Jyothi was prepared to measure the temperature of hot water with a clinical thermometer. Is it right or wrong? Why?
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उत्तर
It is wrong, because clinical thermometer has small temperature range (35°C to 42°C or 94°F to 108°F). If it is used to measure the temperature of hot water, the glass will crack/ burst due to excessive pressure created by expansion of mercury.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe a clinical thermometer. How does it differ from the thermometer used in laboratory?
Mercury is often used in laboratory thermometers because it ______.
Heat energy transfer from ______ to ______.
The common laboratory thermometer is a ______ thermometer
What is the use of kink in clinical thermometer?
Digital thermometers are mainly used to take body temperature.
Mention any two precautions to be followed while using a clinical thermometer.
Why mercury or alcohol is used in thermometers?
We are advised to avoid keeping the clinical thermometer in the sun or near a flame. Why?
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.
