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Metals expand when heated because when heat touches the atoms they bounce around even more than they already do so they need more space. When you cool a metal it contracts. Would you get closer to someone when your cold?

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Do any metals contract when heated?

No, metals always expand when heated and contract only when cooled.


How do you make metal contract?

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What happened to the matel when it is on a cold day?

Metals contract when they are cooled, and expand when they are heated.


What are substances that expand and contract called?

Materials that expand and contract in response to changes in temperature are typically referred to as thermal expansion materials. These materials expand when heated and contract when cooled, which can be useful in various applications such as in thermostats, bimetallic strips, and expansion joints.


Why did your cupcakes contract from the cases on cooling?

Like in Science when metals are heated they expand then contract when they cool.They contract because all of the stach has setteled in.It is always good to cool your cupcakes.


Which structure would expand or contract in response to changes in the outside temperature?

A material with a high coefficient of thermal expansion, such as metals or concrete, would expand or contract in response to changes in outside temperature. Another example is bimetallic strips, which consist of two different metals bonded together and used in thermostats or thermal switches.


Do different materials expand and contract and different rates?

Yes, different materials expand and contract at different rates due to their unique atomic and molecular structures. For example, metals tend to expand and contract more significantly with temperature changes compared to materials like glass or ceramics. This property is important to consider in engineering and construction to avoid structural issues.


What is the use of bimetal thermometer?

They are used in thermostats as a physically temperature sensitive switch. Because the two different metals expand and contract at different rates when bimetals are wound into coils the coils become temperature sensitive and expand and contract with respect to the ambient temperature.


Does matter expand or contract when it is heated?

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What matter expand and contract?

explain how temperature affects matter using the words contract and expand


Do metals expand when they are cooled?

No, most substances contract with cooling, only some exotic substances (eg water) expands when cooled.


Does matter expand or contract when it's heated?

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