Thermocouple Conversion Tables
B-3
Type R
Thermocouples
3
Temperature
Range (¡C) a
0
a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
Error
Range (µV)
Quartic Equation Argument Exp. Argument Exp. Argument Exp. Argument Exp. Argument Exp.
Exact-
Approx.
-50 to 900 5.4295008 +0 1.1446885 -2 -1.1295306 -5 5.0020496 -9 -7 to 15
0 to 1100 5.7622558 +0 9.2715271 -3 -7.1346883 -6 2.5877458 -9 -16 to 12
0 to 1400 6.1429772 +0 7.1515857 -3 -3.7539447 -6 9.6963832 -10 -35 to 25
0 to 1650 6.4615269 +0 5.7010917 -3 -1.8683292 -6 2.3636365 -10 -55 to 35
0 to 1768 6.5962120 +0 5.1559203 -3 -1.2385309 -6 1.8827643 -11 -65 to 35
400 to 1100 -4.0674108 +2 8.7490294 +0 1.7115155 -3 7.5039035 -7 -3.0096280 -10 -.4 to .5
400 to 1400 -5.6047484 +2 9.6731111 +0 -2.6994046 -4 2.5536988 -6 -8.9155491 -10 -1.7 to 1.6
400 to 1650 -5.4505828 +2 9.5942872 +0 -1.2813352 -4 2.4468512 -6 -8.6286756 -10 -2.1 to 1.8
1050 to 1400 1.6618159 +3 2.3048526 +0 8.7635426 -3 -2.3016819 -6 7.4284923 -11 -.05 to .05
1050 to 1650 1.5132838 +3 2.7958847 +0 8.1571403 -3 -1.9701159 -6 6.5568964 -12 -.05 to .05
1400 to 1550 2.4008703 +3 4.1604579 -1 1.0549178 -2 -3.0383621 -6 1.8540516 -10 -.05 to .05
1400 to 1650 1.5787334 +3 2.6321144 +0 8.3100314 -3 -2.0332036 -6 1.6260416 -11 -.05 to .05
1400 to 1768 -7.1904948 +4 1.9442383 +2 -1.7913090 -1 7.9264764 -5 -1.3187245 -8 -1.0 to 1.3
1666 to 1768 8.8532076 +4 -1.5014129 +2 9.5376167 -2 -1.6644901 -5 -8.3062870 -10 -.05 to .05
Reference
Junction
Correction
0 to 50 5.2891411 +0 1.3844426 -2 -2.0889531 -5 -0.01 to +0.01
3
Quartic approximations to the data as a function of temperature (¡C) in selected temperature ranges.
The expansion is of the form E = a
0
+ a
1
T + a
2
T
2
+ a
3
T
3
+ a
4
T
4
where E is in microvolts and T is in degrees Celsius.
Type R
Thermocouples
4
Temperature
Range (¡C) a
0
a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
Error
Range (¡C)
Quartic Equation Argument Exp. Argument Exp. Argument Exp. Argument Exp. Argument Exp.
Exact-
Approx.
-50 to 900 1.6251434 -1 -2.0454379 -5 2.5404935 -9 -1.1767904 -13 -13 to 3
0 to 1100 1.5239494 -1 -1.3755675 -5 1.2610922 -9 -4.4281251 -14 -4 to 7
0 to 1400 1.4441607 -1 -9.5014952 -6 6.2073358 -10 -1.5622497 -14 -6 to 10
0 to 1650 1.3944190 -1 -7.4485484 -6 3.8266182 -10 -7.4517277 -15 -7 to 13
0 to 1768 1.3752883 -1 -6.7651171 -6 3.1420473 -10 -5.4254872 -15 -7 to 14
400 to 1100 4.5509556 +1 1.1284875 -1 -2.8603978 -6 8.5173702 -11 -1.1440038 -15 -.04 to .04
400 to 1400 4.9160016 +1 1.1054589 -1 -2.3559046 -6 3.9276248 -11 3.3369324 -16 -.08 to .09
400 to 1650 4.8343651 +1 1.1098270 -1 -2.4353890 -6 4.5164488 -11 1.8172612 -16 -.10 to .12
1050 to 1400 -4.1134459 +0 1.2738464 -1 -4.3132296 -6 1.3863582 -10 -1.5283798 -15 -.002 to .002
1050 to 1650 3.7487318 +1 1.1519304 -1 -2.9827002 -6 7.4538667 -11 -3.7809957 -16 -.011 to .011
1400 to 1550 8.0559850 +1 1.0442877 -1 -1.9827500 -6 3.3603790 -11 2.4513433 -16 -.0005 to .0005
1400 to 1650 1.4180146 +2 9.0181346 -2 -7.4068329 -7 -1.4487255 -11 9.4290495 -16 -.0005 to .0005
1400 to 1768 3.1758093 +3 -5.8922431 -1 5.6190639 -5 -2.1303241 -9 3.0369250 -14 -.11 to .08
1666 to 1768 1.2883437 +4 -2.6747958 +0 2.2334214 -4 -8.0565860 -9 1.0882779 -13 -.0007 to .0007
4
Quartic approximations to the data as a function of voltage in selected temperature ranges (¡C).
The expansion is of the form T = a
0
+ a
1
E + a
2
E
2
+ a
3
E
3
+ a
4
E
4
where E is in microvolts and T is in degrees Celsius.