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Chapter 9, Problem 65P
Digital medical thermometers determine temperature by measuring the resistance of a semiconductor device called a thermistor (which has
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Digital medical thermometers determine temperature by measuring the resistance of a semiconductor device called a thermistor (which has thermal coefficient alpha = -0.08 (oC-1) when it is at the same temperature as the patient. What is a patient’s temperature if the thermistor’s resistance at that temperature is 84% of its value at the regular human body temperature, which is 36.5 oC.
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Digital medical thermometers determine temperature by measuring the resistance of a semiconductor device called a thermistor, which has a temperature coefficient of resistivity of α = −0.0600 (°C)-1, after it has reached thermodynamic equilibrium with the patient. What is a patient’s temperature, in degrees Celsius, if the thermistor’s resistance at that temperature is 82.5 % of its value at 37.0°C (which is normal body temperature)?
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