Imagine an aluminum cup of 0.75 liter capacity filled with mercury at 10.4 degrees C. How much mercury, if any, will spill out of the cup if the temperature is raised to 24.6 degrees C?

Question

The coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is 1.8 E-04/ degree C. Express your answer in cubic centimeters.

Answer 1

The formula governing volumetric expansion is ΔV/V = ΒΔT

You know everything but ΔV which is the volume of mercury that will spill (in liters)

B is the volumetric expansion coefficient.