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What is thermal expansion?
Think about how heating affects materials.
Name one real-life example of thermal expansion.
Think of structures affected by temperature changes.
What is thermal expansion?
Think about how materials behave when they get hot.
True or False: Thermal expansion only occurs in solids.
Consider all states of matter.
A metal rod of length 1.5 m expands at a rate of 0.002 m per °C. How much will it expand if the temperature increases by 60°C?
Use the linear expansion formula.
In a sealed container of gas, if the temperature doubles, what happens to the volume of the gas assuming pressure remains constant? Explain your reasoning.
Think back to gas laws and their relation to temperature and volume.
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