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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