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thermopile
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thermopile: see thermoelectricity thermoelectricity, direct conversion of heat into electric energy, or vice versa. The term is generally restricted to the irreversible conversion of electricity into heat described by the English physicist James P.
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Because room temperature thermopiles and pyroelectric detectors do not have high enough sensitivities to measure weak signals from monochromators, HgCdTe detectors were selected as working standards for the 5 [micro]m to 20 [micro]]m wavelength range.
When both heat couple plates are thermally connected with a heat source and a heat sink, heat flows through thermopiles and is converted directly into electrical energy.
Coblentz, Various modifications of thermopiles having a continuous absorbing surface, Bull.
 
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