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Yes the volume changes by the same coefficient (if the materials really are the same in both). I was wondering if there was something about the geometry of the ring that might make its inner circumference contract differently than the outer circumference of the disc. With the disc it seems...

Household physics question: Before I left town for 3 weeks the lock on my apartment door was loose in its encasement. I had to hold it in place while turning the key or the inner disc would rotate uselessly inside the outer ring: http://scott-shepherd.com/share/forums/lock.jpg When I came...