State
similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and
the clinical thermometer.
State similarities and differences between the laboratory thermometer and the clinical thermometer.
Similarities:
(i) Both clinical and
laboratory thermometers have long, narrow, uniform glass tubes.
(ii) The bulbs of both
the thermometers have mercury in them.
Differences:
(i) The temperature
range of clinical thermometers is from 35°C
to 42°C
while that of laboratory thermometer is from −10°C
to 110°C.
(ii) Clinical
thermometer is used to measure the temperature of a human body.
However, laboratory thermometer cannot be used to measure the
temperature of a human body.
(iii) The least count of
both the thermometers differs.
(iv) Unlike clinical
thermometer that can be tilted, laboratory thermometer is kept
upright while reading the temperature values.
Similarities:
(i) Both clinical and laboratory thermometers have long, narrow, uniform glass tubes.
(ii) The bulbs of both the thermometers have mercury in them.
Differences:
(i) The temperature range of clinical thermometers is from 35°C to 42°C while that of laboratory thermometer is from −10°C to 110°C.
(ii) Clinical thermometer is used to measure the temperature of a human body. However, laboratory thermometer cannot be used to measure the temperature of a human body.
(iii) The least count of both the thermometers differs.
(iv) Unlike clinical thermometer that can be tilted, laboratory thermometer is kept upright while reading the temperature values.
