A steel beam 12.0m sits next to a concrete wall when the temperature is 20.0°C. A gap must be left between the beam and the concrete wall for expansion purposes. If the temperature rises to 45.0°C, how large must the gap be if the steel beam just touches the concrete wall?
Energy transfer
The flow of energy from one region to another region is referred to as energy transfer. Since energy is quantitative; it must be transferred to a body or a material to work or to heat the system.
Molar Specific Heat
Heat capacity is the amount of heat energy absorbed or released by a chemical substance per the change in temperature of that substance. The change in heat is also called enthalpy. The SI unit of heat capacity is Joules per Kelvin, which is (J K-1)
Thermal Properties of Matter
Thermal energy is described as one of the form of heat energy which flows from one body of higher temperature to the other with the lower temperature when these two bodies are placed in contact to each other. Heat is described as the form of energy which is transferred between the two systems or in between the systems and their surrounding by the virtue of difference in temperature. Calorimetry is that branch of science which helps in measuring the changes which are taking place in the heat energy of a given body.
![A steel beam 12.0m sits next to a concrete wall when the temperature is 20.0°C.
A gap must be left between the beam and the concrete wall for expansion
purposes. If the temperature rises to 45.0°C, how large must the gap be if the
steel beam just touches the concrete wall?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe46f4908-7e86-4492-98b4-f701a1ee6e9f%2Ffbaabf5b-74f7-4e88-8961-79fd5ca5e6ec%2F502qlv_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
![Coefficients of Thermal Expansion
COEFFICIENT OF
LINEAR EXPANSION
(x10°C-¹)
SUBSTANCE
Aluminum
Brass
Concrete
Copper
Glass (window)
Glass (Pyrex)
Granite
Ice
Lead
Steel or iron
Ethyl alcohol
Gasoline
Mercury
Water
Antifreeze
Air & most gases
24
19
10-14
17
9.0
3.3
8.3
50
27
12
COEFFICIENT OF
VOLUME EXPANSION
(x10 °C-¹)
1100
950
182
210
108
3400](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe46f4908-7e86-4492-98b4-f701a1ee6e9f%2Ffbaabf5b-74f7-4e88-8961-79fd5ca5e6ec%2Fyny8iz9_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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