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Is temperature a factor in determining density?

Updated: 8/16/2019
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In the case of gases yes. For a gas, the density is directly proportional to the pressure and inversely proportional to the temperature (absolute ie Kelvin). In other words the higher the temperature the lower the density. This is because gases expand with temperature. Liquids and solids do expand but only slightly so there is not much change in density for these.

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