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A container is filled to the brim with 1.4 L of mercury at 20°C. As the temperature of the container and mercury is increased to 51°C, a total of 7.6 mL of mercury spill over the brim of the container. Determine the linear expansion coefficient of the material that makes up the container. The coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is 1.8☓10-4 (°C)-1.
so the linear expansion coefficient of the material is 1.62 × 10-6 (degree Celsius inverse).