A clinical thermometer is different from other mercury in glass thermometers owing to

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 2007 Subject: Physics

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A clinical thermometer is different from other mercury in glass thermometers owing to
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A clinical thermometer is different from other mercury in glass thermometers because of the constriction on its stem. The constriction prevents the mercury from falling back when the thermometer is removed from the patient's body. This allows the temperature reading to remain constant until it is reset. The other options are not correct because the grade of mercury used in a thermometer is usually the same, the length of the stem can vary depending on the thermometer's purpose, and the wide range of temperatures is not necessarily unique to clinical thermometers.

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