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To: coloradan

Thermocouple.


219 posted on 07/06/2005 1:43:08 PM PDT by Old Professer (As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
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To: Old Professer

Yes, although thermocouples are usually made of metal (e.g. iron - constantan) while Peltier effect devices are made of semiconductors (bismuth telluride relatives). I know you can make a thermopile, many thermocouples in series, but I think the charge carriers in metals are always electrons. In semiconductors, they can be plus and minus, so you can add outright the two effects in a pile, while in a metal you have to subtract, the metal with lesser effect reducing, but not completely canceling, the output from the other metal.


233 posted on 07/06/2005 4:55:33 PM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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