Why do solids expand and contract on heating and cooling


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Why do solids expand and contract on heating and cooling? with short answer no longer

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When solids are heated, atoms takes more space for their movement and thus expands.

When solids are cooled, kinetic energy decreases, atoms take less space and thus contracts.

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