|   | Too Hot to Be Measured With Thermocouples 
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		|   | Too Large to Be Measured Without a Very Large Number of Thermocouples 
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		|   | Moving Too Much for Thermocouple Lead Wire to Accept Without Breaking 
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		|   | At So High an Electrical Potential That Use of a Thermocouple Would Be Dangerous 
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		|   | So Low in Mass That The Thermocouple Itself Will Affect the Unknown Surface Temperature 
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		|   | Too Fragile or Wet to Accommodate Thermocouple Contact | 
		|   | Too Active (Chemically) to Accept a Thermocouple or Its Probe | 
		|   | In an Atmosphere That Is Hostile to a Thermocouple | 
		|   | Inaccessible to a Thermocouple or Its Instrumentation | 
		|   | Near Noise Producing Electric or Magnetic Fields |