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Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in volume in response to a change in temperature. Solids like railroad tracks use expansion joints to allow for contraction and expansion from temperature changes. Heat capacity describes how much heat an object absorbs or releases when its temperature changes. Substances with high heat capacities heat up and cool down more slowly. Specific heat is the amount of heat needed to change the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C and is a property that
- Author
- Joan Dadivas Amancio
- Language
- EN