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As the temperature of the hot junction increases the thermo emf.
(a)always increases
(b)always decreases
(c)may increase or decrease
(d)always remains constant

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Important Questions on Thermal Effect and Chemical Effect of Current
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The thermo-emf of a thermocouple is at room temperature. A galvanometer of resistance, capable of detecting current as low as , is connected with the thermocouple. The smallest temperature difference that can be detected by this system is.

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If the emf developed in a thermocouple for the temperature of its hot junction with cold junction remaining at is given by . Where and , then on increasing the temperatures of hot junction-

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For a thermocouple, the inversion temperature is and the neutral temperature is . Find the temperature of cold junction

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The thermo-emf of a thermocouple is at room temperature. A galvanometer of resistance, capable of detecting current as low as , is connected with the thermocouple. The smallest temperature difference that can be detected by this system is.

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The thermocouple among the following that can produce maximum thermo-emf for the same temperature difference between the junctions is

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A thermocouple is made from two metals, antimony and Bismuth. If one junction of the couple is kept hot and the other is kept cold, then, an electric current will

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If the cold junction is held at , the thermos-emf Of a thermocouple varies as , where Is the temperature of the hot junction is . The neutral temperature and maximum value of thermos-emf are

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Consider the following statements A and B and identify the correct answer given below :
(A) Peltier co-efficient is numerically equal to the potential difference across the junctions of the thermocouple through which current is flowing.
(B) According to Thomson, energy is neither absorbed nor evolved at the junction of a thermocouple but is absorbed lived only along the length of both the conductors.
