) The increment of length of a solid in a unit of length for a rise in temperature of 1° at constant
pressure. Also known as linear expansivity
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Coefficient of linear expansion
The coefficient of linear expansion of aluminum is 0.000023/C. A circular hole in an aluminum plate is
2.725 cm in diameter at 0C. What is the diameter of the hole if the temperature of the plate is raised
to 100C?
A child wants to pump up a bicycle tire so that its pressure is 250 X 10 Pa above that of atmospheric
pressure. If the child uses a pump with a circular piston 0.035 m in diameter, what force must the
child exert?
A submarine is operating at 100.0 m below the surface of the ocean. If the air inside the submarine is
maintained at a pressure of 1.0 atmosphere, what is the magnitude of the force that acts on the
rectangular hatch 2.0 m X 1.0 m on the deck of the submarine?
What mass of water (at 4.0 C) can be contained in a rectangular box whose d
Coefficient of volume and linear expansion question.?
Hi, working through a homework problem but I can't seem to get the answer to this one:
A steel gas tank of volume 0.0700 meters cubed is filled to the top with gasoline at 20 degrees celsius.
The tank is placed inside a chamber with an interior temperature of 50 degrees celsius. The coefficient of
linear expansion of steel is 12.0*10^-6 and the coefficient of volume expansion for gasoline is 9.50*10^-4
After the tank and its contents reach thermal equilibrium with the interior of the chamber, how much
gasoline has spilled?
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Introduction to linear coefficient of thermal expansion:
Take a thin long box, something like a pencil holder. Cut a metal rod exactly to the
same length of the box. At the normal condition the rod gets into the box without any
difficulty.
Now heat the rod to a considerable temperature and under heated condition try to put
the rod into the box with help of a tong. You will find that the rod does not go into the
box.
The reason is all substances when heated expands in linear dimension, more prominent
in case of metals. This is the reason why you are unable to push the rod into the box
under hot condition. This expansion is called the linear thermal expansion of a material.
Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
The ratio of the linear expansion of a material to the original linear dimension per unit
degree of temperature rise is called the linear coefficient of thermal expansion of the
material. It is denoted by the Greek letter α and the algebraic definition is as follows.
α = (Δl/l)(1/ΔT), where,
l is the original length of the material and Δl is the increase in length for an increase in
temperature of ΔT
The same relation can be rewritten as (Δl/l) = αΔT
The linear coefficient of thermal expansion varies from metal to metal. In metals
Aluminium is probably has the highest linear coefficient of thermal expansion and invar
has the lowest value. Higher the value of linear coefficient of thermal expansion, greater
is the increase in length for a given temperature rise.
Practical Applications of Linear Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
If the pendulum of a clock is a metal, then its length varies when the ambient
temperature becomes high, thereby affecting the time period of the clock. To over
comethis problem, the pendulum rods are either made from or are reinforced with
metals like invar which has a low value of linear coefficient of thermal expansion.
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