Equal volumes of steel, oil and hydrogen are heated from 20 °C to 60 °C.
Their volumes increase by thermal expansion.
State which of these substances has the greatest increase in volume.
Fig. 7.1 shows a liquid-in-glass thermometer.
The liquid-in-glass thermometer uses the thermal expansion of mercury.
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State and explain one other application or consequence of thermal expansion.
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