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Why is it not advisable to sterilize clinical thermometer with boiling water
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Why is it not advisable to sterilize clinical thermometer with boiling water

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It will break. A clinical the emoter is designed to measure relatively small changes in temperature. The substance inside a clinical thermoset will expand or evaporate at boiling temperatures and break.
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