1 Temperature Thermal Expansion
1 Temperature Thermal Expansion
Al
= 24 x 10
-6
C
-1
)
What if the aluminum rod were 10.02 cm in
diameter? Is it attainable?
Seat Work
At 20
o
C, an aluminum ring has an inner
diameter of 5-cm and a brass rod has a
diameter of 5.05-cm. (a) If only the ring
is heated, what temperature must it
reach so that it will just slip over the
rod? (b) If both are heated together,
what temperature must they both
reach so that the ring just slips over
the rod? If melting point of aluminum
is 660
o
C, will it work?
(
Brass
= 19 x 10
-6
C
o -1
;
Al
= 24 x 10
-6
C
o -1
)
Home Work
An aluminum can is filled to the brim
with a liquid. The can and the liquid
are heated so their temperatures
change by the same amount. The cans
initial volume at 5
o
C is 3.5 x 10
-4
m
3
.
The coefficient of expansion for
aluminum is 69 x 10
-6
/C
o
. When the can
and the liquid are heated to 78
o
C, 3.6 x
10
-6
m
3
of liquid spills over. What is the
coefficient of volume expansion of the
liquid?
Expansion of Water
Ice water continues to contract as
temperature increases until it reaches
4
o
C.
Further increase in temperature, water
begins to expand up to boiling point.
Expansion of Water
But on a fine scale, it is not exactly linear.
Expansion of Water
Expansion of Water
What if water behaves similarly as that of
other liquids were at freezing point, it has
the smallest volume?
The contraction of water up to 4
o
C has an
important consequence in marine life.
Practice Problem
Suppose that the steel gas tank in a car
is completely filled when the
temperature is 17
o
C. How many
gallons will spill out of the twenty-
gallon tank when the temperature
rises to 35
o
C?
steel
= 12 x 10
-6
/ C
o
gasoline
= 950 x 10
-6
/C
o