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State similarities and differences between laboratory thermometer and clinical thermometer.


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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

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