Most automobiles have a coolant reservoir to catch most radiator fluid that may overflow when the engine is hot.  A radiator is made of copper and is filled to its 20.0-liter capacity when at 12ºC.  What volume of the radiator fluid will overflow when the radiator and the fluid reach their 92ºC operating temperature, given that the coefficient of volume expansion is 4.0 x 10-4/K ?

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Most automobiles have a coolant reservoir to catch most radiator fluid that may overflow when the engine is hot.  A radiator is made of copper and is filled to its 20.0-liter capacity when at 12ºC. 

What volume of the radiator fluid will overflow when the radiator and the fluid reach their 92ºC operating temperature, given that the coefficient of volume expansion is 4.0 x 10-4/K ?

 

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