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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...) |
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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 15:23, 29 January 2008
The thermal expansion coefficient, is given by
where is the volume, is the temperature and is the pressure.