Volumetric thermal expansion coefficient

The volumetric thermal expansion coefficient (sometimes simply thermal expansion coefficient) is a thermodynamic property of a substance given by

β = - (1 / ρ)(∂ρ/∂T)ρ const

where

ρ  density

T  Temperature 

β measures the fractional change in density as temperature increases at constant pressure.

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