ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
The thermoelectric voltage of the gold/platinum thermocouple has been measured over the range 0–962 °C by comparison with calibrated platinum resistance thermometers. From 0 to 500 °C, the measurements were carried out in stirred liquid baths; from 660 to 964 °C, they were carried out in a pressure-controlled sodium-filled heat pipe furnace that provided an isothermal intercomparison environment. Measurements were also made in the metal freezing points of indium, tin, zinc, antimony, and silver, at the melting point of gallium, and at the liquidus point of the silver-copper eutectic. By fitting the measured thermoelectric voltages to a single eighth-degree polynomial in temperature by the method of least squares, a reference function is obtained for the Au/Pt thermocouple that provides emf as a function of temperature (ITS-90) to within ±10 mK from 0 to 962 °C. The Au/Pt thermocouple merits serious consideration for precise temperature measurements as its stability approaches that of the high-temperature platinum resistance thermometer.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1142213
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