A thermocouple is made from two metals, antimony and bismuth.

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asked Mar 24, 2018 in Physics by paayal (26,720 points) 4 6 53

A thermocouple is made from two metals, antimony and bismuth. If one junction of the couple is kept hot and the other is kept cold then, an electric current will
(a) flow from antimony to bismuth at the cold junction
(b) flow from antimony to bismuth at the hot junction
(c) flow from bismuth to antimony at the cold junction
(d) not flow through the thermocouple.

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answered Mar 24, 2018 by sanjaydas (61,430 points) 5 7 7
selected Mar 26, 2018 by Vikash Kumar
 
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(a) : AntimonyBismuth couple is ABC couple. It means that current flows from A to B at cold junction.

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