Thermal Expansion

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• Why is thermal expansion not visible?
• Why is thermal expansion an important consideration for engineering?
• What is thermal contraction?
• What would happen to a bridge that did not have expansion joints?
• What is the change in length of an object when it undergoes a temperature change related to?
• How does thermal expansion affect sea level?
• How does thermal expansion affect the accuracy of a pendulum clock?
• How does thermal expansion affect bridges?
• How does thermal expansion affect a thermometer?
• How do thermal expansion valves work?
• Explain thermal expansion of water?
• Sara has a fire in the fireplace to warm her 20°C apartment. She realizes that she has left the iron poker in the fire. How hot is the fire if the 0.60 m poker lengthens 0.30 cm? (αiron = 12 x 10-6°C-1)
• The Eiffel Tower in Paris stands 300.0 m tall on a day of average temperature, 22.0°C. How much taller is the steel tower on a hot summer day (T = 40°C) in centimeters? (αsteel = 11 x 10-6 °C-1)
• What is linear thermal expansion?
• What is an example of a thermal expansion practice problem?
• What are some examples of thermal expansion?
• The length of a steel beam increases by 0.78 mm when its temperature is raised from 22 degrees C to 35 degrees C. What is the length of the beam at 22 degrees C (in meters)?
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• What is thermal energy?
• An aluminum pendulum of length 1.2 m keeps accurate time at 24°C .You go on a winter vacation for 14 days. The average temperature of the house is 8°C. How far off will the clock be when you return, if #alpha = 25 * 10^-6 C°#? Is it fast or slow? #
• What is the idea of Thermal Expansion?
• A brass plug is to be placed in a ring made of iron. At room temperature, the diameter of the plug is 8.753 cm and that of the inside of the ring is 8.743 cm. They must both be brought to what common temperature in order to fit?
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• A silver bar 0.125 meter long is subjected to a temperature change from 200°C to 100°C. What will be the length of the bar after the temperature change?
• What is the length of an aluminum rod at 65°C if its length at 15°C is 1.2 meters?
• If the metal coefficient of cubical expansion 7.2e-6 / C. What will be its coefficient of superficial expansion?
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• The gas is enclosed in a metal container with movable piston on top . heat is added to the system from bottom by placing a candle at the bottom which of the following is true ?