FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Fun Trivia
Home: Questions and Answers Forum
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


In a bi-metallic strip of copper and iron, when heated, the strip is bended into the iron's way. Why?

Question #72278. Asked by kaung30.

UT-7
Answer has 10 votes
Currently Best Answer
UT-7

Answer has 10 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
A bi-metallic strip is used to convert a temperature change into mechanical displacement.
The strip consists of two layers, usually iron and copper. The two layers are joined together to form the strip.
Owing to the difference in the constants of expansion of the two materials, a flat strip will bend one way (toward the iron part) if heated.
The linear thermal expansion coefficient relates the change in temperature to the change in a material's linear dimensions. It is the fractional change in length of a bar per degree of temperature change.
You see from the table that cooper has thermal expansion coefficient value-17 and iron-12.When heated
cooper expands more than iron , so the strip is bended into the iron's way.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_of_thermal_expansion

Nov 14 2006, 5:18 AM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion

Related FunTrivia Quizzes

play quiz C-130 Rolling Down the Strip
( Air Forces)
play quiz Comic Strip Name Changes
(Newspaper Comics)
play quiz "Mutts" Comic Strip
(Comics L-R)

Return to FunTrivia
"Ask FunTrivia" strives to offer the best answers possible to trivia questions. We ask our submitters to thoroughly research questions and provide sources where possible. Feel free to post corrections or additions. This is server B184.