EEVblog #419 - Thermocouple Tutorial

Everything you need to know about how Thermocouples work.
K type thermocouples, the Seebeck effect, the Seebeck coefficient, and cold junction compensation.
Along with some practical measurements with a multimeter to demonstrate the effect.

Seebeck effect on a single conductor:
http://www.dataforth.com/catalog/pdf/an106.pdf
NIST Tables:
http://srdata.nist.gov/its90/download/download.html

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