Thermal expansion

$Drinking glass with fracture due to uneven thermal expansion after pouring of hot liquid into the otherwise cool glass$

Volumetric thermal expansion coefficient for a semicrystalline polypropylene.

Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature, through heat transfer.

Temperature is a monotonic function of the average molecular kinetic energy of a substance. When a substance is heated, the kinetic energy of its molecules increases. Thus, the molecules begin moving more and usually maintain a greater average separation. Materials which contract with increasing temperature are unusual; this effect is limited in size, and only occurs within limited temperature ranges (see examples below). The degree of expansion divided by the change in temperature is called the material's coefficient of thermal expansion and generally varies with temperature.

单词	Linear thermal expansion
释义	Linear thermal expansion 英语百科 Thermal expansion $Drinking glass with fracture due to uneven thermal expansion after pouring of hot liquid into the otherwise cool glass$ Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature, through heat transfer. Temperature is a monotonic function of the average molecular kinetic energy of a substance. When a substance is heated, the kinetic energy of its molecules increases. Thus, the molecules begin moving more and usually maintain a greater average separation. Materials which contract with increasing temperature are unusual; this effect is limited in size, and only occurs within limited temperature ranges (see examples below). The degree of expansion divided by the change in temperature is called the material's coefficient of thermal expansion and generally varies with temperature.
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Linear thermal expansion

Thermal expansion