Question

Give two differences between cubical expansion and thermal expansion

Answer 1

Increase in volume of a body on heating is referred to as. "VOLUMETRIC EXPANSION " or "CUBICAL EXPANSION". Consider a metallic body of volume = V1 . Let it's temperature is raised by T. then experimentally "Increase in volume ( V) is directly proportional to its initial volume (V1) and rise in temperature ( T).
Thermal expansion is where materials expand while being heated, causing them to take up more space. Some materials expand more than others. But this all happens due to the motion of tiny little molecules. Temperature is the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a substance.