Heat | Term 2 Unit 1 | 6th Science - Expansion in solids | 6th Science : Term 2 Unit 1 : Heat
Chapter: 6th Science : Term 2 Unit 1 : Heat
Expansion in solids
Expansion
in solids
Sam is trying to open a tight jar, but he
cannot open it. He asks his uncle to help. His uncle says that pour some hot
water on the lid of the jar. Sam does so and tries to open it now. Wow! The jar
is opened easily!
Do you have such experience? How do you open a
tightly closed cap of the pen which could not be opened by you normally?
Activity 4:
Hammer a nail into a tin can.
Ease the nail out. Put it in again to make sure that the hole is large enough
for the nail. Then, holding the nail with a pair of pliers, scissors or
forceps, heat the nail over a candle, in hot water, or over the stove. Try to
put it into the hole in the can.
I see
that:
You will see that, now it is hard to put the nail into the hole.
Heat expands solids. The molecules in the solid move faster, spread apart and
occupy more space.
Most substances expand when heated and contract
when cooled. The change in length / area or volume (due to contraction /
expansion) is directly related to temperature change.
The expansion of a substance on heating is called,
the thermal expansion of that substance.
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