diff --git a/pt100/pt100.tex b/pt100/pt100.tex index 14ea229..a9954b1 100644 --- a/pt100/pt100.tex +++ b/pt100/pt100.tex @@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ by separate wires and the resistance in those are effectively cancelled out by considering the voltage reading over $R_3$ to be relative. % The PT100 element is a precision part and will be chosen for a specified accuracy/tolerance range. -One or other of the load resistors (the one we measure current over) should also -be of this accuracy. +One or other of the load resistors (the one we measure current over) should +be of a specified accuracy. % The \ohms{2k2} loading resistors should have a good temperature co-effecient (i.e. $\leq \; 50(ppm)\Delta R \propto \Delta \oc $). @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ We can determine this via ohms law applied to $R_2$, $V=IR$, $I=\frac{V}{R_2}$, and then using $I$, we can calculate $R_{3} = \frac{V_{3}}{I}$.} and then use ohms law again to calculate the resistance of $R_3$. % -As these calculations are performed by ohms law, the accuracy of the reading +As ohms law is linear, the accuracy of the reading will be determined by the accuracy of $R_2$ and $R_{3}$. It is reasonable to take the mean square error of these accuracy figures.