Joe,
UL uses super glue to attach the thermocouple.
Dan Kinney
Horner APG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Finlayson [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:53 PM
> To:   'NEBS Newsgroup'; 'EMC PSTC'
> Subject:      Thermocouple issues
> 
> 
> 
>       I am in the process of performing a thermal evaluation and am using
> thermocouples to measure surface temperatures of IC's, etc.  I'm finding
> that the thermocouple tape that I'm using tends to experience a
> degradation
> of the adhesive as the temperatures increase (in the 80-100°C range)
> causing
> the thermocouples to separate from the surfaces.  I'd appreciate any
> advice
> that could point to a higher performing tape/adhesive for such an
> application.  Some of the IC's are quite small which doesn't leave much
> surface area for adhesion and I am using as many as 40 thermocouples per
> card.
> 
> Thx,
> 
> 
> Joe
> 
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