Abstract
The length, L, of a rod increases with increasing temperature. Experiments have shown that in a relatively wide temperature range the linear expansion, ΔL, is proportional to the increase in temperature, ΔT. The proportionality constant is called the coefficient of linear expansion α L . The observations can be summarized in
Experimentally observed values for α L are given in Table 22.1.
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Hummel, R.E. (2001). Thermal Expansion. In: Electronic Properties of Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86538-1_22
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