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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Ngk Spark Plug Co., Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Toshiya Oya, Nagoya, JP;
Seiji Oya, Niwa-gun, JP;
NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A temperature sensor includes: a temperature sensing element including a temperature sensing portion, electrical characteristics of which vary depending on temperature, and an electrode wire for outputting an electric signal from the temperature sensing portion to the outside; and a sheath core wire (signal wire) electrically connected to the electrode wire. The electrode wire is made of a platinum-rhodium alloy. The platinum-rhodium alloy is composed of 0.1 to 1.5 mol % of Sr, 22 to 40 mol % of Rh, and a remainder composed of Pt and unavoidable impurities. The platinum-rhodium alloy has a second-phase mainly composed of Sr and Pt whose precipitated grains are dispersed in a matrix phase. An area ratio of the second phase at a cross section is not greater than 25%.