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What will expand more when heated gas or solids?
In general, gases expand more than solids when heated. This is because gas particles have more energy and move more freely compared to the more closely packed particles in solids, allowing gases to expand more readily in response to temperature changes.
Why do gases expand most on heating and solids least?
Gases expand most on heating because their particles have high kinetic energy, causing them to move further apart. Solids expand least because their particles are tightly packed and have less freedom to move, limiting the expansion.
Give examples of expansion of solids?
All solids expand when they are heated. Examples include concrete slabs having spacers between them to accommodate expansion, and balloons expand with air being pumped into them and contract when air is let out.
Why do gases expand faster than liquids and solids?
Gases expand faster than liquids and solids because gas particles are further apart and have more freedom of movement compared to the particles in liquids and solids. This allows gas particles to quickly fill any available volume, leading to faster expansion when exposed to heat or pressure changes. Liquids and solids have particles that are more closely packed together, restricting their ability to expand as quickly.
What happens to the volume of solids liquids and gasses as they warm and cool?
As solids are warmed, they expand and their volume increases. Conversely, as solids cool, they contract and their volume decreases. For liquids, warming causes expansion and an increase in volume, while cooling results in contraction and a decrease in volume. Gases behave differently as they expand when warmed and contract when cooled, with volume being directly proportional to temperature.
Do solids expand to a much greater extent than gases when heated?
No, gases expand more than solids when heated.
Do solids expand when hot?
yes
Do solids expand at the same rate?
No all solids do not expand at same rate because some solid expand at less temperature and some solids expand at less temperature. For example if we take iron and plastic iron expands at high temperature and plastic melt at less temperature(at candle light also).
Do solids change volume?
Most solids expand as they increase in temperature and contract as they get colder. Interestingly, water after it freezes will start to expand as it gets even colder.
When most solids liquids and gases are heated they?
expand
Which of these does not expand liquid solid or gas?
All of them can expand - for example, when they are heated. Gases usually expand more than solids or liquids.
What will expand more when heated gas or solids?
In general, gases expand more than solids when heated. This is because gas particles have more energy and move more freely compared to the more closely packed particles in solids, allowing gases to expand more readily in response to temperature changes.
Do most liquids expand as they get hotter?
Not only liquids but also solids expand as they get hotter, with few exceptions.
How do solids usually behave when heated?
Their volume increases - that is to say, the solids expand. However, their mass stays the same.
Why do gases expand most on heating and solids least?
Gases expand most on heating because their particles have high kinetic energy, causing them to move further apart. Solids expand least because their particles are tightly packed and have less freedom to move, limiting the expansion.
Expansion of solids as they become warmer?
Solids comprise of atoms. As temperature increases, the atoms vibrate and move further from each other. The effect makes solids to expand in all directions.
Unlike solids and liquids a gas will?
take the shape and volume of its container, as the gas particles are free to move and spread out to fill the available space. This is due to the lower intermolecular forces between gas particles compared to solids and liquids.
