Since temperature affects the measuring accuracy of a pressure sensor, there always remains a small temperature error in the rated temperature range despite an array of compensation measures. This error is often expressed in the data sheets of manufacturers of pressure sensors as temperature coefficient (abbr. TC). This coefficient describes a (linear) error, beginning with a reference point, which in most cases is room temperature.
Accordingly, the temperature error at room temperature is zero and increases with increasing difference of the temperature from room temperature with the specified coefficient in linear fashion (see figure). Basically, not only the zero-point temperature coefficient (abbr. TC0), but additionally that of the span (TCC) should be taken into account individually. The zero-point error describes the effect of temperature on the zero signal. The error of the span specifies the result of temperature on the full scale value. The individual temperature coefficients of zero point and of span are often specified as magnitudes, meaning that they are often either positive or negative.
If in an individual instrument the zero-point error has the same sign as the error of the span, these two temperature errors may accumulate in worst case. An average value for the average zero-point temperature coefficient of a pressure sensor is: 0.2 % / 10 K. pressure gauge octa to WIKA pressure sensors.