Expanding Solids

A length of wire fixed at both ends is being heated by a bunsen burner.

What will happen to the horizontal length of wire as it is heated by the bunsen burner?

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The wire has increased in length as a result of its increase in temperature.

You have looked at three experiments that show that solids, liquids and gases expand when heated.

Which do you think would expanded the most if a solid, a liquid and a gas were heated by the same amount?

The next lesson will help you answer this question.

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