Principle
The volume expansion of liquids and the linear expansion of various materials is determined as a function of temperature.
Benefits
- Two experiments in one
Tasks
- To determine the volume expansion of ethyl acetate (C4H8O2), methylated spirit, olive oil, glycerol and water as a function of temperature, using the pycnometer.
- To determine the linear expansion of brass, iron, copper, aluminium, duran glass and quartz glass as a function of temperature using a dilatometer.
- To investigate the relationship between change in length and overall length in the case of aluminium.
Learning objectives
- Linear expansion
- Volume expansion of liquids
- Thermal capacity
- Lattice potential
- Equilibrium spacing
- Grüneisen equation