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प्रश्न
Solids ______ on heating and ______ on cooling.
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उत्तर
Solids expand on heating and contract on cooling.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
One rod of copper and another identical rod of iron are heated to the same rise in temperature. Which rod will expand more? Give reason.
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An iron washer is heated. State the effect on its internal diameter.
The diagram shows a sketch graph showing a change in volume of a given mass of ice at -5°C to water at 15°C.

(i) Why does the temperature along BC remain constant?
(ii) When is the volume of water minimum?
(iii) At what temperature does water have maximum density? Explain.
A bimetal strip is shown in the below diagram before heating. Draw a diagram to show how it bends on heating and on cooling.

A bimetal strip is shown in the below diagram before heating. Draw a diagram to show how it bends on heating and on cooling.

Give reason for the following
An ordinary glass bottle cracks when boiling water is poured into it, but a borosilicate glass bottle does not.
- Assertion: Gas is highly compressible than solid and liquid
- Reason: Interatomic or intermolecular distance in the gas is comparably high.
The expansion in volume is called linear expansion.
Analogy:
Expansion is length:: Linear expansion.
Expansion in volume:: ______.
