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Does temperature affect mass

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No. Mass is not affected by temperature, nor is temperature affected by mass. Mass is mass, and is a function of the number of atoms of something. Temperature is the relative kinetic energy of those atoms. While temperature can certainly affect density or volume, it does not affect mass.

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No, a change in temperature does not cause an observable change in mass. There are some limitations to this statement, however.

Though special relativity states that mass is dependent upon momentum, and increasing temperature leads to increasing kinetic energy of molecules, the mass of the overall system does not change when weighed. The reason for this result is that the system is weighed in a frame of reference where it has no net momentum. So though the mass of the individual particles changes slightly with temperature, the system will not appear to have a different mass when measured.

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No mass is independent of temperature, change in temperature may change the shape and volume of matter.

Also density, buoyancy, color, texture, odor, phase, or hardness. But not mass.

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No, mass is an inherent property of a form of matter

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