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cutegirl1980
Dec10-04, 11:03 AM
The density of gasoline is ρ = 0.730×103 kg/m^3 at 0ēC. Its average coefficient of volume expansion is α(sub v) = 9.60×10^-4 (ēC)-1. If 1.00 gallons of gasoline occupies 0.00380 m^3, how many extra kilograms of gasoline would you get if you bought 10.0 gallons of gasoline at 0ēC rather than at 20.0ēC from a gasoline pump that is not temperature compensated?

Doc Al
Dec10-04, 01:00 PM
The definition of thermal volume expansion coefficient:
\Delta V/V_0 = \alpha_v \Delta T.