| Max (°c) |
Sheath |
Conductor |
Typical Use |
| 1250 |
Pyrosil (Nickel,Chromium, Silicon Alloy) |
Nicrosil/NiSil, Type N |
Heat treatment furnaces, glass industry, ceramic industry manufacture, aluminium production. |
| 1100 |
Stainless Steel, 25/20 Chrominum Nickel Steel |
Nickel Chromium, Nickel Aluminium, Type K |
Blast furnace gases, reheat & annealing furnaces, brick kilns, flame failure devices, glass manufacture, power station boilers, flues, kilns, open hearth furnaces |
| 1100 |
Alloy 600 76/16/7, Nickel Chromium, Iron |
Nickel Chromium/Nickel Aluminium Type K, Nicrosil/ NiSil - Type K |
Heat treatment processes, chemical reactors, annealing furnaces, soaking pits, man-made fibre production, glass tank flues |
| 800 |
Stainless Steel, 18/10/1 Chromium, Nickel Titanium, Stabilised Steel |
Nickel Chromium/Nickel Aluminium Type K |
Nuclear energy instrumentation, annealing furnaces, acetic and nitric acid production, heat exchangers, boiler steam and feed water |
| 750 |
Stainless Steel, 18/10/1 Chromium, Nickel Titanium, Stabilised Steel |
Iron/Constantan, Type J |
Reheat and annealing furnaces,aluminium heat treatment, chemical reactors. Coal briquetting plants, paper & pulp mills, polythene manufacture, tar stills. |
| 750 |
Alloy 600 76/16/7, Nickel Chromium |
Iron/Constantan, Type J |
Reheat and annealing furnaces,aluminium heat treatment, chemical reactors. Coal briquetting plants, paper & pulp mills, polythene manufacture, tar stills. |
| 400 |
Cupro Nickel |
Copper/Constantan, Type T |
Boiler flue gas at stack, food processing - bread ovens etc. Gearbox bearing, plastic moulding, sub-zero temperatures, turbo alternator condensors. |
| 400 |
Stainless Steel, 18/10/1 Chromium, Nickel Titanium, Stabilised Steel |
Copper/Constantan, Type T |
Boiler flue gas at stack, food processing - bread ovens etc. Gearbox bearing, plastic moulding, sub-zero temperatures, turbo alternator condensors. |