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If you weld each side to a third material, its no longer a junction,
no thermo-"couple"..

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Robert Kondner
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> Hi,
>
>  I do not think this is correct.
>
>  My recollection of the physics is you can cut the bead off the thermocouple, weld each side to a 3rd material, and get the temperature of the material.
>
> What this does is introduce additional junctions but the final output is always equal to the characteristics of the original bead. Even if you manage to diffuse other materials into the thermocouple wire materials it is the same case.
>
> Anyone else out there have any thoughts?
>
> Bob K.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bhanu Sood
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 8:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] Soldering a K Type TCouple to FR4 Board
>
> Are you sticking the thermocouple head in SAC solder? Be careful!
>
> Once you stick the t/c in SAC solder and melt to 250C (which bwt is above the 185C curie point) the chromel which contains 90-percent nickel and 10-percent chromium and alumel which contains approximately
> 95 percent nickel, with aluminum, silicon, and manganese making up the other 5 percent will alloy with the tin, changing the temperature e.m.f relationship. You may not have a working thermocouple afterwards.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Bob Wettermann <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Morning All:
>>
>> Has anyone had success in soldering Type K Thermocouples to a PCB. The
>> assembly call for a SAC305 no clean alloy....
>>
>> There are 2 THole connections that will need to be hand-soldered as
>> part of this assembly.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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