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Will glass expand when heated?

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No. Heating and cooling do not change the mass of an object. Changes in temperature very often change the volume of an object, however, which means that the density of the object changes. Heating usually causes an object to expand, which means that its density goes down. Its mass, and therefore its weight, does not change.

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Glass will expand when heated, with the exception of glass carefully chosen not to do so. Borosilicate glass has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion. And rather special glass is used to make astronomical telescope, where expansion of the glass will cause problems.

So the answer is 'it all depends'.

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The mass of glass should not change when it is heated.

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The difference is not significant.

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