Question

State similarities and differences between laboratory thermometer and clinical thermometer.

Answer 1

Thermometers:

1. A thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature.
2. A clinical thermometer is used for clinical purposes. It measures the human body's temperature.
3. A laboratory thermometer is colloquially known as a lab thermometer. It measures temperatures other than the human body temperature.

Similarities between Clinical Thermometer and a laboratory thermometer are:

1. Both are made of glass.
2. Both consist of a long narrow glass tube.
3. Both of them have a bulb at one end.
4. The bulbs of both consist of mercury.
5. Both thermometers contain a celsius scale.

Differences between Clinical Thermometer and a laboratory thermometer

Clinical Thermometer	Laboratory thermometer
The temperature range is 35 to 42 0 c	The temperature range is -10 to 110 0 c
Used to measure human body temperature	Used to measure temperature in the laboratory
It has kink, which prevents immediate backflow of mercury	It does not have a kink