Thermal expansion: JAMB Physics Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Thermal expansion

Our summary: How solids and liquids expand when heated, expansivities and the odd behaviour of water.

• Solids ((i) definition and determination of linear, volume and area expansivities; (ii) effects and applications, e.g., expansion in building strips and railway lines; (iii) relationship between different expansivities.)
• Liquids ((i) volume expansivity; (ii) real and apparent expansivities; (iii) determination of volume expansivity; (iv) anomalous expansion of water.)

Objectives

• determine linear and volume expansivities;
• assess the effects and applications of thermal expansivities;
• determine the relationship between different expansivities;
• determine volume, apparent, and real expansivities of liquids;
• analyse the anomalous expansion of water.

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