{"id":3230,"date":"2023-05-02T06:45:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/faq\/how-does-a-thermocouple-work\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T13:57:31","slug":"how-does-a-thermocouple-work","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/en\/faq\/how-does-a-thermocouple-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How does a thermocouple work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A current will circulate in a closed circuit comprising two dissimilar conductors if a <strong>temperature difference is maintained between the two junctions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"311\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/faq-5.1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/faq-5.1.png 311w, https:\/\/thermibel.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/faq-5.1-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center leg\">Figure 2 Closed circuit: diagram showing in general terms how a thermocouple works<\/p>\n\n<p>Broken circuit: heating the junction between the two different metals A and B creates a voltage e<sub>AB<\/sub>; it is a function of the temperature at the junction and the composition of the two metals. All <strong>dissimilar<\/strong> metals produce this effect. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/faq-5.2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/faq-5.2.png 350w, https:\/\/thermibel.be\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/faq-5.2-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center leg\">Figure 3 Open circuit showing in general terms how a thermocouple works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-3230","faq","type-faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How does a thermocouple work? - Thermibel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/en\/faq\/how-does-a-thermocouple-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How does a thermocouple work? - Thermibel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A current will circulate in a closed circuit comprising two dissimilar conductors if a temperature difference is maintained between the two junctions. 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