Thermocouple thermometer is based on

Question

Thermocouple thermometer is based on (A) Peltier effect (B) Seebeck effect (C) photoelectric effect (D) Compton effect

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Seebeck discovered that on heating one of the junctions of a thermocouple, when keeping the other cold, a current is produced in the circuit. This effect is known as Seebeck effect. Therefore thermocouple thermometer is based on Seebeck effect.

Q. Thermocouple thermometer is based on

Peltier effect

Seebeck effect

photoelectric effect

Compton effect

Seebeck discovered that on heating one of the junctions of a thermocouple, when keeping the other cold, a current is produced in the circuit. This effect is known as Seebeck effect. Therefore thermocouple thermometer is based on Seebeck effect.