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Why a clinical thermometer should not be sterilized by boiling water?

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The range of clinical thermometer is from `95^@F` to `110^@F` and the boiling point of water is `212^@F`. Therefore, on sterilisation by boiling, the capillary of the thermometer will burst.
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