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    Oct 16, 2013, 12:05 AM
    Thermometer sterilisation
    Why can't a clinical thermometer be sterilised by using boiling water?
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    Oct 16, 2013, 01:27 AM
    Mercury at boiling temperature of water (100 deg. Celsius) will eventually heat up and expand thus making high pressure and thermometer would burst!
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