In a Physics experiment, a bar of aluminum, initially 80 cm (0.80
m) long, is brought from room temperature of 23oC to
100oC by surrounding it with steam. By how much does the
aluminum bar expand?
From a table we find that the coefficient for linear expansion for
aluminum is
L = 0.0148 mm |
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L = 0.148 mm |
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L = 1.48 mm |
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L = 1.48 m |
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