{"id":3233,"date":"2023-05-02T06:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/faq\/what-are-the-different-types-of-thermocouples\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T06:11:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T06:11:45","slug":"what-are-the-different-types-of-thermocouples","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/thermibel.be\/en\/faq\/what-are-the-different-types-of-thermocouples\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the different types of thermocouples?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are 8 common types of thermocouples:
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Type<\/strong><\/td>Metal A (+)<\/strong><\/td>Metal B (-)<\/strong><\/td>Theoretical limits<\/strong><\/td>Seebeck coef.
\u03b1 (\u00b5V\/\u00b0C) at T\u00b0C<\/strong><\/td>		Standard error<\/strong><\/td>Min. error<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
B<\/strong><\/td>Platinum
30% Rhodium<\/td>		Platinum
6% Rhodium<\/td>		0 to 1820\u00b0C<\/td>5,96 \u00b5v at 600\u00b0C<\/td>0,5%<\/td>0,25%<\/td><\/tr>
E<\/strong><\/td>Nickel
10% Chrome<\/td>		Constantan<\/td>-270 to 1000\u00b0C<\/td>58,67 \u00b5V at 0\u00b0C<\/td>1,7% to 0,5%<\/td>1% to 0,4%<\/td><\/tr>
J<\/strong><\/td>Iron<\/td>Constantan<\/td>-210 to 1200\u00b0C<\/td>50,38 \u00b5V at 0\u00b0C<\/td>2,2% to 0,75%<\/td>1,1% to 0,4%<\/td><\/tr>
K<\/strong><\/td>Chromel<\/strong><\/td>Alumel<\/strong><\/td>-270 to 1372\u00b0C<\/strong><\/td>39,45 \u00b5V at 0\u00b0C<\/strong><\/td>2,2% to 0,75%<\/strong><\/td>1,1% to 0,2%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
N<\/strong><\/td>Nicrosil<\/td>Nisil<\/td>-270 to 1300\u00b0C<\/td>25,93 \u00b5V at 0\u00b0C<\/td>2,2% to 0,75%<\/td>1,1% to 0,4%<\/td><\/tr>
R<\/strong><\/td>Platinum
13% Rhodium<\/td>		Platinum<\/td>-50 to 1768\u00b0C<\/td>11,36 \u00b5V at 600\u00b0C<\/td>1,5% to 0,25%<\/td>0,6% to 0,1%<\/td><\/tr>
S<\/strong><\/td>Platinum
10% Rhodium<\/td>		Platinum<\/td>-50 to 1768\u00b0C<\/td>10,21 \u00b5V at 600\u00b0C<\/td>1,5% to 0,25%<\/td>0,6% to 0,1%<\/td><\/tr>
T<\/strong><\/td>Copper<\/td>Constantan<\/td>-270 to 400\u00b0C<\/td>38,75 \u00b5V at 0\u00b0C<\/td>1% to 0,75%<\/td>0,5% to 0,4%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-3233","faq","type-faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t