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It depends on the metal but often it will change phase and crystal form and have different properties. As an example steel when molten is in what is called the austenitic phase. This is a face Centered Cubic crystal structure. When quickly quenched it becomes martensitic which is brittle and Body Centered Tetragonal. Cooling down slowly will produce a pearlite structure.
If a liquid metal is poured into a mold it will take the shape of that mold and when cooled will keep the shape of that very mold. It will also contract/shrink.
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∙ 13y agoWhen a metal or any other solid, liquid, or gas is heated they expand. This happens because the molecules that make these substances start to move or "shake" more than they already do. If they are heated to a certain point (depending on the substance) they will shake enough to break free. if you had a solid it will melt into a liquid, and a liquid into a gas.
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∙ 13y agoMetal that is heated will expand(meaning to become larger), and metal contracts(shrinks) when it is cooled. I think that it is because when it is heated, the molecules spread apart(sort of like when you heat water), and the opposite happens when it is cooled.
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∙ 12y agoMetal will normally change in several physical ways when cooled:
- All metals will shrink as they cool - the opposite of the expansion that they undergo as you heat them up
- The electrical resistance of metals will decrease as they cool down.
- The ductility of metals decreases with decreasing temperature. Some metals change from ductile to brittle as the temperature continues to decrease. As an example: it is believed that one of the reasons the Titanic sank is that the metal panels of the hull had become somewhat more brittle in the cold waters of the Atlantic and fractured when the ship hit the iceberg.
- Depending on the temperature it starts at and the rate of cooling, the metal may change phase. There is the obvious case of going from molten metal to solid metal, but many metals have different structures depending on the temperature at which they were "quenched".
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∙ 12y agoIt contracts.
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What happens to gases as they are heated or cooled?
they tend to vibrate
Does metal expand when heated or cooled?
No. A chemical change occurs only when a new substance is produced with new and different properties. In your example, a physical change occurred because only the metal's physical properties were affected. Nothing new was created.
What happens to pressure in a metal spray when heated up?
It heats up
What happens when solids and liquids are heated or cooled?
A solid can change Into a liquid when it is heated Example- when heated solid chocolate, the chocolate changes into a liquid. A liquid Can change into a solid when it is cooled Example - If you leave juice in the freezer , the liquid changes into a solid.
What happens to matter when heated?
When matter is heated it will expand
What happens to metal when cooled?
It contracts.
When a solid is heated it turns into a liquid what happens when it is cooled?
It contracts.
What happens if magnet is heated red hot and cooled?
it will not attract
What happens to matter when it is heated or cooled?
It changes the vibrations of the molecules.
What happens when molicules are heated?
When molecules are heated they become more active. When they are cooled, the slow down.
What happens to particles when materials are heated or cooled?
ummm it will definetely expand....if the materials you"re talking about is the term for science.
What happens to gases as they are heated or cooled?
they tend to vibrate
What happens to matter as it is heated and cooled.?
When heated it get larger and when you freeze it the matter gets smaller with an exeption to ice
What happens to particles in a solid when they are heated or cooled?
if they are heated then they turn to a liquid, if that are a soled well they are hard like ice
What happens to flesh if rapidly cooled then rapidly heated?
The flesh will bring out goose pemples
Compare and contrast conduction and convection?
convection means when something is heated it expands or conducts eg. metal is heated it contracts when it is cooled it contracts.
What happens to a metal rod when heated?
goes bigger
