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@ WGTR: Being this is morning and first cup of coffe still. I may be in error, but I do not think so, thermal cupels can be shorted
out. They are essentially a potential generator, you are reading the voltage that they generate then mapping the voltage to the temperature table. Any
thing that can interfere with the voltage signal will adulterate the temp readings.
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Cool!
If you are right we just solved the energy crisis.
Get 2 thermocouples and put them in 2 glass tubes in a bucket of water.
Put a drop of mercury in one of them.
If you are right you will get a different voltage (compared to the one without Hg)
Build lots of them and use that voltage to run the world. No energy supply needed.
Alternatively, you are mistaken.
Shorting out the junction won't matter- nor does soldering it. As long as the metal doing the shorting is at the same temperature as the tip of the
probe, it doesn't affect the output voltage.
What happens is that, instead of getting a chromel/ alumel junction (or whatever) you get two junctions:, chromel/ mercury and mercury alumel.
But the sum of those two junction's voltages is the same as the voltage from the chromel alumel one.
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No I am not wrong thermal couple piles (Hooked up in series) are well known VOLTAGE generators, they produce micro amps current, a tiny bit of self
education will have taught you this, they are used in furnaces for a VERY long time to run the safety shut off valve on pilot failure. And lets not
ignore the utter stupidity of your statement of not needing an energy source?!?! What the hell do you think heat is! and ya lets run the world off
lemons while we're at it, or better yet Peltiers! ya that's it! (If one took the time you could even use pelts as a temp sensor!)
I said WETTING is coating it so nothing but mercury there will be no junction (IE Dead short), using your head goes a long way here, even still in
morning mode I made that part clear!
http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/utc/thermocouple/pages/Thermocouple...
Adding crap to the standard thermal junction requires remapping again being a smart ass made you look rather bit of a fool As I said it will throw out
the ACCURACY of your readings, (Depends when they switch to the copper legs given but people have been known to vastly over fill things and mercury is
very good at coating!).
Keeping your sensing gear clean, and well maintained and free from contaminants is vital for good reliable repeatable readings
So befor being a smart ass try reading and thinking then reply.
[Edited on 18-12-2016 by XeonTheMGPony]
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Ho Hum "a tiny bit of self education will have taught you this"
Lets start with this
"thermal couple piles (Hooked up in series) are well known VOLTAGE generators, they produce micro amps current,"
Nope, they can produce very large currents as long as the resistance of the circuit is small.
Then there's
" they are used in furnaces for a VERY long time to run the safety shut off valve on pilot failure."
Yep they are; and the thermocouple generates enough current to hold open a solenoid valve. That's not something you do with microamps.
The time they run for is irrelevant- essentially they are powered by the burning gas.
"And lets not ignore the utter stupidity of your statement of not needing an energy source?!?! What the hell do you think heat is! "
Indeed, lets not ignore it.
I think heat is a form of energy.
I also think that the laws of thermodynamics mean that you can't extract energy- as work- from heat, unless you have a temperature difference.
But that's my point.
The two thermocouples (which you say produce different voltages) are in the same bucket of water (and I remind you- nobody said it was warm water).
If they produce differing voltages at the same temperature then you have a free energy machine.
I agree with this bit
"using your head goes a long way here, even still in morning mode I made that part clear! "
and with this
"So befor being a smart ass try reading and thinking then reply."
except I'd have tried to spell the words correctly.
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That was my point the one would produce NON it would behave as a short 0v, or at best will mess with reading accuracy. You could have explained things
with out the smart assery! hence you being a intentionally disingenuous Not to mention mashing two different modes of operation we are not nor ever
where talking about TWO sensors, we are talking about ONE TEMPERATURE sensor and a fowled up sensor does not do its job accurately, Modern thermal
couple readers use a biased circuit as the fixed cold side reference with ruffly 1M ohm impute resistance, they measure the voltage change, so some
thing that can effect the signal will cause deviation, it is one more variable that one does not need in life! I have had this happen befor, care to
miss represent any thing ells?
As a standard to measure things Aim for a non conductive (electrically) and non inductive sensor with low thermal mass for fast responsiveness to
changes in temp.
And for any one interested I dug through my big box of sciency electrical stuff and found my big spool of shielded K type cable with glass insulation
(Read higher temp range then your average cheapy) So if any needs a few feet. Forgot I even had that.
As for what you would have don, the message is the important part so I could care less! I wouldn't have tried being a smart ass in making a point or a
correction first!
[Edited on 18-12-2016 by XeonTheMGPony]
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Db33, why are you asking these things with stock ebay photos ?
(take a photo with your Samsung smartphone instead)
It's a thermometer. Measure the temperature of your planned reaction with it, which surely is why you bought it.
What, exactly, have you tried already ? Anything at all ?
Same for goes for the Legion of supposedly New 'members' who post endless opinions and googled weblinks (to get a high post count) yet have never
shared even a shred of the things they have done themselves, not even a single account (never mind photos) of even one thing they themselves have
done.
For me, IF i get a procedure to work, i feel i Must share it here, mostly due to excitement, partly due to a debt to SM for all the chem the Real
members have taught me, partly ego.
This used to be a Chemistry forum, for people who are interested in Doing Chemistry.
Seems we just have to talk/link in google searches these days.
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| Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony | That was my point the one would produce NON it would behave as a short 0v, or at best will mess with reading accuracy. You could have explained things
with out the smart assery! hence you being a intentionally disingenuous Not to mention mashing two different modes of operation we are not nor ever
where talking about TWO sensors, we are talking about ONE TEMPERATURE sensor and a fowled up sensor does not do its job accurately, Modern thermal
couple readers use a biased circuit as the fixed cold side reference with ruffly 1M ohm impute resistance, they measure the voltage change, so some
thing that can effect the signal will cause deviation, it is one more variable that one does not need in life! I have had this happen befor, care to
miss represent any thing ells?
As a standard to measure things Aim for a non conductive (electrically) and non inductive sensor with low thermal mass for fast responsiveness to
changes in temp.
And for any one interested I dug through my big box of sciency electrical stuff and found my big spool of shielded K type cable with glass insulation
(Read higher temp range then your average cheapy) So if any needs a few feet. Forgot I even had that.
As for what you would have don, the message is the important part so I could care less! I wouldn't have tried being a smart ass in making a point or a
correction first!
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And my point is that "none" (Note the spelling, btw) is different from that of a normal thermocouple.
And if they produce different voltages then you an connect them in series and still have a net voltage. and you can get that to do work.
And that's a breach of the conservation of energy.
You are making the slightly absurd claim that a thermocouple in mercury can't generate a voltage because there's a metal across it.
Do you not realise that the same is true of a normal thermocouple?
The reason I'm talking about two sensors is simply to show that you are wrong about what one of them (the one in Hg) would do.
Sulaiman made the same point.
So did WGTR.
You think it would produce no voltage. If that was true, you would have a free energy source.
Stop ranting, and accept that you might be wrong.
Think about what happens if you have, as you say mercury "shorting out" the chromel/alumel junction.
In effect you have a chromel/ mercury junction and a mercury/ alumel junction (as I said before)
Andeach of those two new juctions produces its own EMF
And the sum of those EMFs must- by the conservation of energy- equal the emf you would get from the chromel/alumel junction.
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Unionised and the others are almost totally correct. For modern electronics with high input imedances any shorting out of the original junction with
any combination of conductors simple produces a parallel sensor that produces the same voltage as the original junction provided both are at the same
temperature.
That’s a principal of thermocouple theory. Though I did not realise it has to be that way for the thermodynamic reasons already given.
For the almost part: If any current flows from the thermocouple it means heat is flowing into or out of the thermocouple and that implies deferential
temperatures and voltage drops in the junction/junctions. Which could create differences in the voltage between one junction and a muti junction. I
have not done the calculation but I suspect with modern high input impedance (compared to the junction resistance) electronics the error is
insignificant compared to other errors.
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| Quote: Originally posted by aga | Db33, why are you asking these things with stock ebay photos ?
(take a photo with your Samsung smartphone instead)
It's a thermometer. Measure the temperature of your planned reaction with it, which surely is why you bought it.
What, exactly, have you tried already ? Anything at all ?
Same for goes for the Legion of supposedly New 'members' who post endless opinions and googled weblinks (to get a high post count) yet have never
shared even a shred of the things they have done themselves, not even a single account (never mind photos) of even one thing they themselves have
done.
For me, IF i get a procedure to work, i feel i Must share it here, mostly due to excitement, partly due to a debt to SM for all the chem the Real
members have taught me, partly ego.
This used to be a Chemistry forum, for people who are interested in Doing Chemistry.
Seems we just have to talk/link in google searches these days.
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1. because the ebay image shows exactly what mine looks like and so if i can save the hassle why bother?
2. Samsung? ive never owned a samsung phone, i own an iPhone? I tried taking photos with it but the darkness of this area was not letting me get a
good photo so i just used an ebay image. .
The reason i asked the question is obvious i wouldve thought. I want to know BEFORE i do a reaction so that i can minimize and damage or risk i cause.
I like to learn as much as i can before doing a reaction or something.
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OK. Sorry if i was being a bit harsh.
Look forward to seeing your experiment with this device in the near future, in glorious technicolour.
Used my cheapo 1300 C thermocouple today - registered 720 C in a charcoal fire with the wind blowing.
P.S. photos come out fine when Light Sources are available, such as the Sun, a candle or a torch.
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| Quote: Originally posted by wg48 | Unionised and the others are almost totally correct. For modern electronics with high input imedances any shorting out of the original junction with
any combination of conductors simple produces a parallel sensor that produces the same voltage as the original junction provided both are at the same
temperature.
That’s a principal of thermocouple theory. Though I did not realise it has to be that way for the thermodynamic reasons already given.
For the almost part: If any current flows from the thermocouple it means heat is flowing into or out of the thermocouple and that implies deferential
temperatures and voltage drops in the junction/junctions. Which could create differences in the voltage between one junction and a muti junction. I
have not done the calculation but I suspect with modern high input impedance (compared to the junction resistance) electronics the error is
insignificant compared to other errors.
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"Unionised and the others are almost totally correct. For modern electronics with high input impedances any shorting out of the original junction
with any combination of conductors simple produces a parallel sensor that produces the same voltage as the original junction provided both are at the
same temperature. "
It's a thermodynamics thing - and it's the conservation of energy so it's not "almost totally correct"; it's mathematically exactly correct.
The input impedance of the meter makes a difference to the accuracy- but the voltage from the thermocouple is exactly the same even if you dunk it in
mercury.
Xenon,
I will have another go at explaining it.
Imagine I "short circuit" a chromel/ alumel couple with a wire made of chromel (all kept at the same temperature).
Do you see how that won't make a difference to the output? it just moves the junction slightly.
What about if I use alumel to short it out?
Do you see how that also won't change the output?
And I could do that with any two metals- the outcome wold be the same. It doesn't matter what the thermoelectric effects are- the effect is zero
Well, the next question is what's so special about mercury that it does change the output?
Well, if you still don't accept it, I suggest you set up a power station made of lots of thermopiles which work without a temperature difference.
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One problem with soldering or putting in mercury or even brazing is that when the temperature gets high the metals may 'melt' ie. dissolve into one
another and destroy the junction. Even brazing K type is not allowed if the temperature is going to be over approx. 800C as the braze will melt and
then the wires will dissolve into the braze and the junction will fail (literally break). It is similar to how a copper tiped soldering iron will
dissolve into the solder after some time and you need a new tip or you need to redo the tip.
Thermocouples should be welded together under an inert shield using the metal for the couples themselves as the 'filler'.
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If your mercury is at 800 degrees C, you already have a problem. :-0
But you are right, this sort of practical issue is something you need to consider.
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that is what I was attempting to say but seemed to have failed, mercury will coat the wire moving the junction up reading a different temp (IE Adds a
factor of error). (Perhaps shorting was the wrong word, but again if the mercury or other conductive material coats the wire it will read zerro or the
wrong temps)
at same temp then yes it would read the same but in what dynamic system do you have no thermal gradient. ( We do all remember we're talking about a
dynamic system, yes?)
I all ready conceded I was in error in thinking about shorting aspect as I said wasn't all there yet, had you started off with just the facts would
have saved allot of aggravation.
and I have made Thermal couples and made some just now as well and going to put it in a bit of mercury and heat. Mercury has a habit of coating things
in a sealed vessel when heat is applied it can wet metals if not as others stated Amalgamate with it.
I have all ready observed temp deviation due to contamination of thermal couples! Got some cheap Chinese ones on order too will test one of them along
with the heavier temp/gauge that I have.
So well see after some tests, will be a few days as getting my power system online for the house.
but lets see what the results are.
And will have some fun tests once my Vacuum chamber is don.
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| Quote: Originally posted by yobbo II |
One problem with soldering or putting in mercury or even brazing is that when the temperature gets high the metals may 'melt' ie. dissolve into one
another and destroy the junction. Even brazing K type is not allowed if the temperature is going to be over approx. 800C as the braze will melt and
then the wires will dissolve into the braze and the junction will fail (literally break). It is similar to how a copper tiped soldering iron will
dissolve into the solder after some time and you need a new tip or you need to redo the tip.
Thermocouples should be welded together under an inert shield using the metal for the couples themselves as the 'filler'. |
for oven brazing a Dry O2 free Nitrogen with 5% hydrogen as it reduces any oxides at such temps.
Need to get an HHO torch built.
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| Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony | that is what I was attempting to say but seemed to have failed, mercury will coat the wire moving the junction up reading a different temp (IE Adds a
factor of error). (Perhaps shorting was the wrong word, but again if the mercury or other conductive material coats the wire it will read zerro or the
wrong temps)
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Is there something that stops you understanding the fact that - whether the mercury "shorts" the junction or not, you won't get zero volts from it
except under conditions where a "clean" thermocouple would give zero volts?
Zero isn't an option here.
Also, you may remember that the point of the mercury was to reduce temperature gradients.
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| Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony | | Quote: Originally posted by yobbo II |
One problem with soldering or putting in mercury or even brazing is that when the temperature gets high the metals may 'melt' ie. dissolve into one
another and destroy the junction. Even brazing K type is not allowed if the temperature is going to be over approx. 800C as the braze will melt and
then the wires will dissolve into the braze and the junction will fail (literally break). It is similar to how a copper tiped soldering iron will
dissolve into the solder after some time and you need a new tip or you need to redo the tip.
Thermocouples should be welded together under an inert shield using the metal for the couples themselves as the 'filler'. |
for oven brazing a Dry O2 free Nitrogen with 5% hydrogen as it reduces any oxides at such temps.
Need to get an HHO torch built. |
Oxidation isn't the problem for a brazed junction; melting is the problem (unless it's "brazed" with termocouple wire as the filler).
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Xeon: Unionseed is correct. By dipping a chromel/alumel junction in mercury you simply get two junctions in series; chromel/mercury and
mercury/alumel. Together they will produce the same voltage as the chromel/alumel-junction.
We're not banging rocks together here. We know how to put a man back together.
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Incidentally, it seems* that mercury does not wet chromel or alumel so in reality (rather then on planet Xeon) this doesn't happen "mercury will coat
the wire moving the junction up ".
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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cEhLDePEMk8C&pg=PT26...
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Interesting, but I don't think wetting is required for an electrical connection.
We're not banging rocks together here. We know how to put a man back together.
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True, but it is required for Xeon's post to have made much sense.
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See again with the smart assery, had you simply said that then it removes the concern, which is what I called it, a POTENTIAL issue
But I will still run a test based off their observations non the less to see what it does
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Well it is not electrical we're after in this situation it is thermal, and wetting isn't all ways wanted but happens with some materials with out care
full isolation, which was the point of my damned post from the get go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep good isolation while maintaining good thermal conductivity to keep the sensors clean and accurate. There are materials that do with that removes
any POTENTIAL issues that can happen with mercury, wetting was one issue that occurs with mercury, but apparently not with the alloys in thermal
couples but this then creates a secondary issue as stated in the book posted.
But some one got hung up on smart assery then keeping to the simple data.
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| Quote: Originally posted by unionised | | Quote: Originally posted by XeonTheMGPony | | Quote: Originally posted by yobbo II |
One problem with soldering or putting in mercury or even brazing is that when the temperature gets high the metals may 'melt' ie. dissolve into one
another and destroy the junction. Even brazing K type is not allowed if the temperature is going to be over approx. 800C as the braze will melt and
then the wires will dissolve into the braze and the junction will fail (literally break). It is similar to how a copper tiped soldering iron will
dissolve into the solder after some time and you need a new tip or you need to redo the tip.
Thermocouples should be welded together under an inert shield using the metal for the couples themselves as the 'filler'. |
for oven brazing a Dry O2 free Nitrogen with 5% hydrogen as it reduces any oxides at such temps.
Need to get an HHO torch built. |
Oxidation isn't the problem for a brazed junction; melting is the problem (unless it's "brazed" with termocouple wire as the filler).
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I was simply telling those who may do brazing a good reducing atmosphere, it was nothing to do with thermal couples in of its self.
Hmm wonder what this may be use full for when fusing thermal couple junctions. I am starting to think you are going out of your way to misrepresent
what I am saying!
[Edited on 21-12-2016 by XeonTheMGPony]
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Your point at the "get go" was this
"Mercury can not be used with the thermal couples as it will short it out, they are a voltage source, so any thing conductive will cause it to read
grossly inaccurate."
And it's wrong.
When I pointed that out- and proved it- your response was
"No I am not wrong ... a tiny bit of self education will have taught you this,"
and "I said WETTING is coating it so nothing but mercury there will be no junction (IE Dead short), using your head goes a long way here, even still
in morning mode I made that part clear! "
Thus far Fulmen, Sulaiman WGTR, WG48 and I (perhaps others too- sorry if I missed anyone) have all pointed out that you are flat out wrong.
Firstly, do you realise that you were wrong?
Secondly do you plan to apologise for saying things like these?
"a tiny bit of self education will have taught you this,""
and
"using your head goes a long way here, even still in morning mode I made that part clear! "
Also, I apologise for not recognising that your post about brazing was nothing to do with thermocouples and only served to help those who have
controlled atmosphere brazing equipment, but don't know how to use it. (I suspect that's a small group which may have been part of the cause of my
confusion)
Perhaps it will help me if, in future, you don't post irrelevant stuff that's off topic.
Thanks
I assure you that I don't feel any need to misrepresent what you say.
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I thought about wrapping thermocouple in thin aluminium foil, then covering all the aluminum with silicone (heat resistant one will be the best), and
then allowing it to dry. In the result we have a passive shield with low thermal capacity (lower than glass), and what's more very cheap and easy to
replace. Additionally it is possible to get rid off aluminium foil that is glued to a sillicone by putting it in a NaOH or KOH solution.
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