Table 2.

Commercially available temperature sensors.

Principle	Sensor	Temperature Range	Accuracy/Class	Ref.
Resistance sensors	Platinum	−200 to 1000 °C	offered in class F0.3 (0.12%), class F0.15 (0.06%) and F0.1 (0.04%)	[188]
	Nickel	−60 to 300 °C	6180 ppm/K (Nickel ND), 5000 ppm/K (Nickel NL), 6370 ppm/K (Nickel NJ), 6720 ppm/K (Nickel NA)
	TSic	+10 to +90 °C	±0.5 K to ±0.1 K
	United Electric Controls	−196 to 482 °C	RTP1 (std.) ± 0.12% RTP1A ± 0.06% RTP1AA ± 0.01%	[189]
Thermocouple	IST, Rosemount™	−40 to 750 °C	1.5 °C or 0.004 |t| t is in degrees Celsius.	[188,190]
	Krohne	−40 to 600 °C	±0.1% or ±0.15%	[189]
	Pyroscience, Burns	0 to 50 °C	±0.10 °C	[191,192]