Question

The junction at a higher temperature in thermocouple is termed as measuring junction.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question during an interview.

My doubt is from Transducers for Body Temperature Measurement in section Physiological Transducers of Biomedical Instrumentation

Answer 1

Right option is (a) True

To explain I would say: The junction at a higher temperature in thermocouple is termed as measuring junction. The junction at lower temperature in the thermocouple is called the reference temperature. The cold junction is usually kept at 0^0C.