[volt-nuts] Thermal EMF of common solder

Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk
Sun Jun 26 16:07:38 EDT 2016


On 26 June 2016 at 15:12, Andrea Baldoni <erm191ba3 at ermione.com> wrote:

> Hello All.
>
> I measured the thermal EMF of two common solder, the lead free
> Sn96.5/Ag3/Cu0.5 and the old Sn60/Pb40.
>

Please excuse my ignorance, but how do you mean the thermal EMF of solder?
Do you not need another metal, such as copper to make a junction? If so,
you are measuring the emf

Dave


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