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| Carl McBride (talk | contribs)  (New page: The '''thermal expansion coefficient''', <math>\alpha</math> is given by  :<math>\alpha = \frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial V}{\partial T} \right\vert_p</math>  [[category: classical therm...) | Carl McBride (talk | contribs)  m (Defined variables) | ||
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| :<math>\alpha = \frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial V}{\partial T} \right\vert_p</math> | :<math>\alpha = \frac{1}{V} \left. \frac{\partial V}{\partial T} \right\vert_p</math> | ||
| where <math>V</math> is the volume, <math>T</math> is the [[temperature]] and <math>p</math> is the [[pressure]]. | |||
| [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 29 January 2008
The thermal expansion coefficient, is given by
where is the volume, is the temperature and is the pressure.