Thermal expansion coefficient

The thermal expansion coefficient, $\alpha$ is given by

$\alpha =\frac{1}{V}{\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}|}_p$

where $V$ is the volume, $T$ is the temperature and $p$ is the pressure.

References

Related reading

• Jacobo Troncoso, Paloma Navia, Luis Romaní, David Bessieres, and Thomas Lafitte "On the isobaric thermal expansivity of liquids", Journal of Chemical Physics 134 094502 (2011)