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No metals expand under heat as they have more kinetic energy.

-> Correct and incorrect. As far as I know Iron is the only transitional metal to do this however it does shrink before it expands. In its solid state Iron is takes the metallic structure of base centered packing which is the least dense packing. However when it heats to a certain point the Iron ions are able to release another electron, increasing the attractive forces between the positive ion's kernel with the 'electron sea' and decreasing their radii. This allows the substance to become for dense, and it takes on face centered packing. Therefore it shrinks! Then when heated more, iron is not able to release any more electrons, as that would make it unstable, so the more kinetic energy you add, the more it will expand, going back to base centered packing :)

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