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Chapter 15, Problem 29E(choose chapter or problem)
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Problem 29E
Cite an exception to the claim that all substances expand when heated.
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QUESTION:
Problem 29E
Cite an exception to the claim that all substances expand when heated.
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The most of the substances expand when they are heated up, this is familiar phenomenon with most of the substance with positive thermal expansion. But some of the rare substance with exceptions to this above rule, like compound zirconium tungstate stands out to the enormous temperature range over which it exhibits a property called “negative thermal expansion,"