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What is thermal expansion ?

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(i) Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in shape area , and volume due to a change in temperature .
(ii) All three states of matter (solid liquid and gas) expand when heated . When a solid is heated . Its atoms vibrate with higher amplitude about their fixed points .
(iii) The relative change in the size of solids is small.
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