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Thermocouples

Thermocouples work on the Seebeck principle, discovered accidentally in 1822 by an Estonian physician named Thomas Seebeck. Basically, the Seebeck principle explains how two dissimilar metals generate a temperature-dependent flow of current at their welded junction when attached to a closed circuit.

Seebeck discovered that a compass needle would be deflected when a closed loop was formed of two metals joined in two places with a temperature difference between the junctions. The metals respond to temperature by assuming different voltage potentials, thereby generating a current related to the temperature of the junction.



This table lists the properties of the most common thermocouple junctions.

TypeMetalsASTM
Color		EMF (mV)
Over Temp Range		Temperature
Range
BPlatinum30% Rhodium (+)
Platinum 6% Rhodium (-)
Gray
Red		0 to 13.8200 to 1700°C
(32 to 3092°F)
CW5Re Tungsten 5% Rhenium (+)
W26Re Tungsten 26% Rhenium (-)
White
Red		0 to 37.0660 to 2320°C
(32 to 4208°F)
EChromel (+)
Constantan (-)
Violet
Red		-9.835 to 76.373-200 to 900°C
(-328 to 1652°F)
GTungsten 26% (+)
Rhenium W-26% (-)
White
Red		0 to 38.5640 to 2320°C
(32 to 4208°F)
JIron (+)
Constantan (-)
White
Red		-8.095 to 69.5530 to 750°C
(32 to 1382°F)
KChromel (+)
Alumel (-)
Yellow
Red		-6.458 to 54.886-200 to 1250°C
(-328 to 2282°F)
NNicrosil (+)
Nisil (-)
Orange
Red		-4.345 to 47.513270 to 1300°C
(-450 to 2372°F)
RPlatinum 13% Rhodium (+)
Platinum (-)
Black
Red		-0.226 to 21.1010 to 1450°C
(32 to 2642°F)
SPlatinum 10% Rhodium (+)
Platinum (-)
Black
Red		-0.236 to 18.6930 to 1450°C
(32 to 2642°F)
TCopper (+)
Constantan (-)
Blue
Red		-6.528 to 20.872-200 to 350°C
(-328 to 662°F)

Thermocouple types R, S, and B are constructed of platinum and rhodium, and are referred to as noble metal thermocouples. They are more accurate and more stable than base metal types, but are more expensive.

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