CBSE Class 6 Science
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Temperature and its Measurement — Question 4
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Question Can a clinical thermometer be used for measuring the temperature of boiling water? Or for measuring the temperature of ice? (Page 129)
A clinical thermometer has a range of 35 °C to 42 °C. The temperature of boiling water is 100 °C and is beyond the range of a clinical thermometer. Also the temperature of ice is 0 °C or below, and is beyond the range of clinical thermometer.
Therefore a clinical thermometer cannot used for measuring the temperatures of boiling water or of ice.
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