- Metals expand when heated (thermal expansion). - The expansion is uniform throughout the material. - A hole in a heated object expands as if it were filled with the same material that is expanding.
A metal sheet with a circular hole is heated. The hole
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2021 · Topic: Physical Properties of Materials (Thermal Expansion Coefficients)
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