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The molecules of any fluid (including that of air) move faster when the fluid is being heated, because a result of increased kinetic energy (this energy is gained and increased because of increasing heat transfer rate or heat energy transfer). (note that heat transfer rate increase by a constant multiplied by temperature change between the initial and final temperature of the gas/any fluid in question). As a result of this molecular speed and kinetic energy increase, the molecules collide (with each other) more often as the temperature increases. The collisions make the molecules move far and further apart from each other (due to momentum), needing an increased volume/space to cantain them.

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