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What Are Some Examples of Thermal Expansion in Everyday Life
What Are Some Examples of Thermal Expansion in Everyday Life
everyday life?
1. When you want to open a tight jar, it is recommended that you run it under hot
water. This expands the lid ever so slightly to relieve all the stress and friction and
the jar opens up easily.
2. Train tracks are put in pieces and you can notice a small gap between them. You
can hear that gap in the train’s rhythm. The gap is to make it easy for the tracks to
expand and contract without putting undue stress on each other.
Expansion joints on bridges and overpasses. The bridge deck gets longer in the heat of
summer and contracts in the cold of winter.