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An iron-constantan thermocouple is to be used to measure temperatures between 0 and 400 °

C. What will be the non-linearity error as a percentage of the full-scale reading at 100° C if a
linear relationship is assumed between emf and temperature/

Emf at 100° C = 5.268 mV ; emf at 400 ° C = 21.846 mV

Solution

Emf at 100 ° C (from graph) = 5.4 mV

Non linearity error = (5.268 – 5.4) * 100/5.268

= -2.5 %