As a temperature sensor, thermocouple assembly is usually used with display instruments, recording instruments and signal conditioners.
Specification:
1. Thermocouple temperature range chart
Category | Type of sensing element | Relationship between wire diameter and temperature |
Thermo wire diameter (mm) | Long-term temperature (℃) | Short-tem temperature (℃) |
Platinum Rhodium 30 - Platinum Rhodium 6 | B type | Φ0.5 | 1600 | 1800 |
Platinum Rhodium 13 - Platinum | R type | Φ0.5 | 1300 | 1600 |
Platinum Rhodium 10 - Platinum | S type | Φ0.5 | 1300 | 1600 |
Nickel chromium silicon - Nickel silicon magnesium | N type | Φ0.3 | 700 | 800 |
Φ0.5 | 800 | 900 |
Φ0.8, Φ1.0 | 900 | 1000 |
Φ1.2, Φ1.6 | 1000 | 1100 |
Φ2.0, Φ2.5 | 1100 | 1200 |
Φ3.2 | 1200 | 1300 |
Nickel chromium - Nickel silicon | K type | Φ0.3 | 700 | 800 |
Φ0.5 | 800 | 900 |
Φ0.8, Φ1.0 | 900 | 1000 |
Φ1.2, Φ1.6 | 1000 | 1100 |
Φ2.0, Φ2.5 | 1100 | 1200 |
Φ3.2 | 1200 | 1300 |
Nickel chromium - Copper nickel | E type | Φ0.3 | 350 | 450 |
Φ0.5 | 450 | 550 |
Φ0.8, Φ1.0 | 550 | 650 |
Φ1.2, Φ1.6 | 650 | 750 |
Φ2.0, Φ2.5 | 750 | 900 |
Iron - Constantan | J type | Φ0.3, Φ0.5 | 300 | 400 |
Φ0.8, Φ1.0 | 400 | 500 |
Φ1.2, Φ1.6 | 500 | 600 |
Φ2.0, Φ2.5 | 600 | 750 |
Copper - Copper nickel | T type | Φ0.2 | 150 | 200 |
Φ0.3, Φ0.5 | 200 | 250 |
Φ1.0 | 250 | 300 |
Φ1.6 | 350 | 400 |
2. Thermowell application temperature range chart
Thermowell material | Long-term temperature | Short-term temperature |
Corundum CT1 | 1600 | 1800 |
High alumina CT2 | 1300 | 1600 |
Nickel base wrought superalloys 3YC52 | 1300 | 1350 |
Nickel base wrought superalloys GH3039 | 1250 | 1320 |
Nickel base superalloys GH3030 | 1200 | 1250 |
Heat resistant stainless steel 2Cr25Ni20 | 1200 | 1250 |
Silicon carbide | 1100 | 1150 |
Stainless steel 316L | 900 | 950 |
Stainless steel 1Cr18Ni9Ti | 800 | 900 |
3. Thermowell installing form (unit: mm)

4. Selection chart
Total length of thermowell (L or L*L1) | Branch number | Thermowell installing form | Protection head form | Diameter and material of thermowell |
300~2150mm (for I1, I2, I3, I4); 500*500mm, 750*500mm, 750*750mm (for I5); 225~450mm (for I6) | B1: Single branch; B2: Double branch | I0: No thermowell; I1: No fixed device; I2: Fixing thread; I3: Movable flange; I4: Fixed flange; I5: Rectangular movable flange; I6: Taper thermowell and fixing thread | C1: No protection head; C2: All stainless steel protection head; C3: Waterproof protection head; C4: Explosion-proof protection head | D0: Φ16mm; D1: Φ25mm, double-deck; D2: Φ16mm high quality aluminum; D3: Φ20mm high quality aluminum |
5. Thermocouple assembly installation diagram

Tips: Troubleshooting for thermocouple thermode
Thermode is a metal conductor. In usage, due to long-term smoking of high temperature and influence of surrounding environmental smell (corrosion, water vapor), it will be aged and deteriorate, and causes changes of the correspondence of thermal electromotive force an temperature of thermode and deviations of temperature-millivolt voltage comparison table, thus giving rise to errors of temperature measurement.
Or the insertion depth of thermode is not enough. The fault generally happens in new devices or in process of repair of devices. Length of protective casing in installation of thermocouple is not enough, which causes distance in pipeline equipment fail to reach to the center of medium and temperature measurement end of thermocouple fail to reach to the peak of temperature, thus causing the measured temperature lower. If insertion depth of thermocouple is too close to outer wall of pipeline equipment, errors will be much bigger and even losing the significance of measurement. If protective casing is long enough while thermode is not long enough, it can be disposed by finding an enough long one to insert in. If protective casing is not long enough, it cannot be disposed but change after the device stops.
J type thermocouple assembles with protection head and stainless steel thermowell. Its thermo wire diameter is Ф2.5mm. J type thermocouple can directly measure the temperature of liquid, vapor, gas medium and solid surface in the range of 0~500 ℃ in various production processes, especially in vacuum, oxidation, reduction or inert atmosphere.