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प्रश्न
What is the use of kink in clinical thermometer?
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उत्तर
A kink is clinical thermometer prevents the mercury from flowing back into the bulb when the thermometer is taken out of the patient’s mouth, so that the temperature can be noted conveniently.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe a clinical thermometer. How does it differ from the thermometer used in laboratory?
Draw the diagram of a clinical thermometer and label its parts.
A clinical thermometer is calibrated from to ______.
All clinical thermometers have a ______ that prevents mercury from flowing back into the bulb.
Before use, the mercury level in clinical thermometer should be below ______.
Name the principle which is used in a thermometer.
Four arrangements to measure temperature of ice in beaker with laboratory thermometer are shown in the following figure (a, b, c and d). Which one of them shows the correct arrangement for accurate measurement of temperature?
Figure (a–d) shows a student reading a doctor’s thermometer. Which of the figure indicates the correct method of reading temperature?
Why is it advised not to hold the thermometer by its bulb while reading it?
A solid metallic cube having a total surface area of 24 m2 is uniformly heated. If its temperature is increased by 10°C, calculate the increase in the volume of the cube.
(Given: α = 5.0 × 10-4°C-1)
