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YES, as far as I'm concerned, a substance expands when heated and contracts when cooled.
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What are the effect of heat on a substance?
Almost all the substance respond to heat. Heat is a type of energy which is more or less absorbed by almost all matters. The vital effect that heat causes is Expansion. Due to heat 3 types of expansion takes place within substances. They are: 1) Linear expansion of heat, 2) Surface expansion of heat & 3) Volumetric expansion of heat.
What is an increase in the size of a substance in response to an increase in the substance's temperature?
boyles law describes how when temperature rises the volume rises
When a substance gets bigger because of heat you call it?
expansion.
What is the increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature?
thermal expansion
As the temperature of a substance increases its volume tends to increase due to what?
thermal expansion
What are advantages of expansion due to heat in simple machine?
Something ;D
What is thermal expanison?
Thermal Expansion is the increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature.
How does heat lead to expansion?
Heat causes the particles of a substance to move faster, thus causing the internal pressure of the system to rise.
What is the expansion meaning of eta?
That usually means that when you heat a substance, it will expand - its volume will increase.
How temperature weather rocks?
Rocks expand due to heat and contract due to cold. Thus, due to unequal expansion and contraction ,the rocks tend to break and get weathered. Rocks expand due to heat and contract due to cold. Thus, due to unequal expansion and contraction ,the rocks tend to break and get weathered.
Which poisonous metal was once used in thermometer due to its properties of expansion in heat?
Mercury.
Which poisonous metal was once used in thermometers due to its properties of expansion In heat?
Mercury.
