Thermal expansion coefficient

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

$\alpha ={\frac {1}{V}}\left.{\frac {\partial V}{\partial T}}\right\vert _{p}$

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)