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Why boiling water is not used to sterilize a clinical thermomenter?

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PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION-HEAT-TEST YOUR CONCEPTS (Very Short Answer Type Questions)
  1. In Galileo's thermomenter, the expansion of is used to measure the tem...

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  2. Specific heat capacity of water is

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  3. Why boiling water is not used to sterilize a clinical thermomenter?

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  4. Give three examples of each good and bad conduc tors of heat.

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  5. Define temperature.

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  6. What physical quality determines the flow of heat energy?

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  7. State the use of Six's maximum and minimum thermometer.

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  8. What is a hypsometer?

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  9. Specific heat capacity of water is J kg^(-1) K^(-1).

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  10. Define melting and boiling points.

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  11. What is the normal human body temperature?

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  12. Why is the handle of a pressure cooker made of ebonite?

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  13. What relation is used to convert temperature in one scale to other sca...

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  14. If the pressure is chagned, what happens to melting and boiling points...

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  15. Express 102^(@)F in celsius scale of temperature.

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  16. The temperature of body increases by 1^(@)C. How much is the correspon...

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  17. What is the use of safety valve in a pressure cooker?

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  18. What is the principle of the thermometer?

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  19. Upper fixed point of a themometer is marked using a

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  20. For the same rise in temperature, which expands more, alcohol or mercu...

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