Why does alcohol expand more than mercury?

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Jose
Jan 24, 2018

Alcohol volumetric thermal expansion coefficient is 6 times higher than Mercury volumetric thermal expansion coefficient.

Explanation:

Volumetric thermal expansion coefficients:

#Ethanol => 0.00061 (1/"°F")#

#Mercury => 0.00010 (1/"°F")#

#color(black)"Conclusion:"#

#=># Ethanol will expands 6 times faster than Mercury under similar liquid conditions.

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