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What are the advantages and disadvantages of laboratory thermometers?

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Sometimes they are not accurate, sometimes they malfunction, maybe it’s just a ridiculous object
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The advantages of these types of thermometers is that they are cheap, easy to read, can be submerged in liquids, require very little maintenance and are reliable. The disadvantages are that they break easily and there is risk of mercury poisoning if the glass tube breaks.

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