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One of a TC's advantages is that they are cheap and have very low time constant, meaning you can measure rapid temperature variations. The bare TC tip is small and is easy to get into good thermal contact with the thing to be measured. RTDs are more expensive and physically bigger. In the HVAC industry they'd twist TC bare wires together, and solder it to copper tubing of the air conditioners. When test is over, you just cut the wire off near the tip.