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Linear Expansion Lab
Experimental Procedure
The goal of this experiment is to understand how objects expand when heated.
Equipment needed:
1. Long iron nail (2-3 inches)
2. String
3. Boiling pot of water
4. Thermometer
Read the instructions completely before starting the experiment.
Experimental Procedure:
Consider a nail of initial length at room temperature .
Now suspend the nail with a string and immerse it in boiling water (without touching the sides of the container) for about 2 minutes.
Let the temperature of the boiling water be .
Carefully pull out the nail from the boiling water, and measure its new final length (before it cools down).
Complete the following table
= m
= 0C
= m
= 0C
The coefficient of linear expansion is defined so that
.(1)
From the above equation we see that
has unit
. From the data above, and equation (1), find for your iron nail.
= .
Complete this word file with actual data, and submit it in module VI under the link Week 6: Linear Expansion Lab quiz. Fill all the numerical values in blue color.
