Coefficent of

Material Type Expansion Inch

per F
ABS (Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) thermoplastic
ABS -glass fiber-reinforced
Acetals
Acetal - glass fiber-reinforced
Acrylic, sheet, cast
Acrylic, extruded
Alumina
Aluminum
Amber
Antimony
Arsenic
Bakelite, bleached
Barium
Barium ferrite
Benzocyclobutene
Beryllium
Bismuth
Brass
Brick masonry
Bronze
Cadmium
Calcium
Cast Iron Gray
Caoutchouc
Celluloid
Cellulose acetate (CA)
Cellulose acetate butynate (CAB)
Cellulose nitrate (CN)
Cement
Cerium
Chlorinated polyether
Chlorinated polyvinylchloride (CPVC)
Chromium
Clay tile structure
Cobalt
Concrete
Concrete structure
Constantan
Copper
Copper, Beryllium 25
Corundum, sintered
Cupronickel 30%
Diamond (Carbon)
Duralumin
Dysprosium
Ebonite
Epoxy, cast resins & compounds, unfilled
Erbium
Ethylene ethyl acrylate (EEA)
Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA)

0.0000410
0.0000170
0.0000592
0.0000220
0.0000450
0.0001300
0.0000030
0.0000123
0.0000000
0.0000058
0.0000026
0.0000000
0.0000114
0.0000056
0.0000233
0.0000064
0.0000073
0.0000104
0.0000031
0.0000100
0.0000168
0.0000124
0.0000060
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000722
0.0000875
0.0000555
0.0000060
0.0000029
0.0000440
0.0000370
0.0000034
0.0000033
0.0000067
0.0000080
0.0000055
0.0000104
0.0000093
0.0000099
0.0000036
0.0000090
0.0000007
0.0000128
0.0000055
0.0000428
0.0000305
0.0000068
0.0001139
0.0001000

Enter
Length
(inch)

Enter
Temperature
difference in F

100.0

5.0

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100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000

5.0
5.0
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5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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Europium
Fluoroethylene propylene (FEP)
Fluorspar, CaF2
Gadolinium
Germanium
German silver
Glass, hard
Glass, Pyrex
Glass, plate
Gold
Gold - copper
Gold - platinum
Granite
Graphite, pure (Carbon)
Gunmetal
Gutta percha
Hafnium
Hard alloy K20
Hastelloy C
Holmium
o

Ice, 0 C water
Inconel
Indium
Invar
Iridium
Iron, pure
Iron, cast
Iron, forged
Kapton
Lanthanum
Lead
Limestone
Lithium
Lutetium
Macor
Magnalium
Magnesium
Manganese
Manganin
Marble
Masonry
Mercury
Mica
Molybdenum
Monel metal
Mortar
Neodymium
Nickel
Niobium (Columbium)
Nylon, general purpose
Nylon, Type 11, molding and extruding compound
Nylon, Type 12, molding and extruding compound
Nylon, Type 6, cast
Nylon, Type 6/6, molding compound
Oak, perpendicular to the grain

0.0000194
0.0000750
0.0000000
0.0000050
0.0000034
0.0000102
0.0000033
0.0000022
0.0000050
0.0000082
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000044
0.0000023
0.0000100
0.0000000
0.0000033
0.0000033
0.0000063
0.0000062
0.0000283
0.0000070
0.0000183
0.0000008
0.0000036
0.0000067
0.0000059
0.0000063
0.0000111
0.0000067
0.0000151
0.0000044
0.0000256
0.0000055
0.0000052
0.0000000
0.0000140
0.0000123
0.0000000
0.0000055
0.0000038
0.0000339
0.0000017
0.0000028
0.0000075
0.0000058
0.0000053
0.0000072
0.0000039
0.0000400
0.0000556
0.0000447
0.0000472
0.0000444
0.0000300

100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
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100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
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100.000
100.000
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100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000

5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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5.0
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5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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Osmium
Palladium
Paraffin
Phenolic resin without fillers
Phosphor bronze
Plaster
Plastics
Platinum
Plutonium
Polyacrylonitrile
Polyallomer
Polyamide (PA)
Polybutylene (PB)
Polycarbonate (PC)
Polycarbonate - glass fiber-reinforced
Polyester
Polyester - glass fiber-reinforced
Polyethylene (PE)
Polyethylene (PE) - High Molecular Weight
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Polyphenylene - glass fiber-reinforced
Polypropylene (PP), unfilled
Polypropylene - glass fiber-reinforced
Polystyrene (PS)
Polysulfone (PSO)
Polyurethane (PUR), rigid
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)
Porcelain, Industrial
Potassium
Praseodymium
Promethium
Quartz
Rhenium
Rhodium
Rock salt
Rubber, hard
Ruthenium
Samarium
Sandstone
Sapphire
Scandium
Selenium
Silicon
Silicon Carbide
Silver
Sitall
Slate
Sodium
Solder lead - tin, 50% - 50%
Speculum metal
Steatite
Steel
Steel Stainless Austenitic (304)
Steel Stainless Austenitic (310)

0.0000028
0.0000066
0.0000000
0.0000387
0.0000093
0.0000092
0.0000113
0.0000050
0.0000302
0.0000385
0.0000508
0.0000611
0.0000720
0.0000390
0.0000120
0.0000690
0.0000140
0.0001110
0.0000600
0.0000330
0.0000200
0.0000840
0.0000180
0.0000389
0.0000310
0.0000320
0.0000280
0.0000710
0.0000036
0.0000461
0.0000037
0.0000061
0.0000006
0.0000037
0.0000045
0.0000000
0.0000428
0.0000051
0.0000071
0.0000065
0.0000029
0.0000057
0.0000021
0.0000017
0.0000015
0.0000107
0.0000001
0.0000058
0.0000391
0.0000134
0.0000000
0.0000047
0.0000073
0.0000096
0.0000080

100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
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100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000

5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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5.0
5.0
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Steel Stainless Austenitic (316)

Steel Stainless Ferritic (410)
Strontium
Tantalum
Tellurium
Terbium
Terne
Thallium
Thorium
Thulium
Tin
Titanium
Topas
Tungsten
Uranium
Vanadium
Vinyl Ester
Vulcanite
Wax
Wedgwood ware
Wood, fir
Wood, parallel to grain
Wood, across (perpendicular) to grain
Wood, pine
Ytterbium
Yttrium
Zinc
Zirconium

0.0000089
0.0000055
0.0000125
0.0000036
0.0000205
0.0000057
0.0000065
0.0000166
0.0000067
0.0000074
0.0000130
0.0000048
0.0000000
0.0000024
0.0000077
0.0000045
0.0000104
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000000
0.0000021
0.0000017
0.0000170
0.0000028
0.0000146
0.0000059
0.0000165
0.0000032

100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000
100.000

5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
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Length change

Inch

mm

0.021
0.009
0.030
0.011
0.023
0.065
0.002
0.006
0.000
0.003
0.001
0.000
0.006
0.003
0.012
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.002
0.005
0.008
0.006
0.003
0.000
0.000
0.036
0.044
0.028
0.003
0.001
0.022
0.019
0.002
0.002
0.003
0.004
0.003
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.002
0.005
0.000
0.006
0.003
0.021
0.015
0.003
0.057
0.050

0.520700
0.215900
0.751840
0.279400
0.571500
1.651000
0.038100
0.156210
0.000000
0.073660
0.033020
0.000000
0.144780
0.071120
0.295910
0.081280
0.092710
0.132080
0.039370
0.127000
0.213360
0.157480
0.076200
0.000000
0.000000
0.916940
1.111250
0.704850
0.076200
0.036830
0.558800
0.469900
0.043180
0.041910
0.085090
0.101600
0.069850
0.132080
0.118110
0.125730
0.045720
0.114300
0.008382
0.162560
0.069850
0.543560
0.387350
0.086360
1.446530
1.270000

0.010
0.038
0.000
0.003
0.002
0.005
0.002
0.001
0.003
0.004
0.000
0.000
0.002
0.001
0.005
0.000
0.002
0.002
0.003
0.003
0.014
0.004
0.009
0.000
0.002
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.006
0.003
0.008
0.002
0.013
0.003
0.003
0.000
0.007
0.006
0.000
0.003
0.002
0.017
0.001
0.001
0.004
0.003
0.003
0.004
0.002
0.020
0.028
0.022
0.024
0.022
0.015

0.246380
0.952500
0.000000
0.063500
0.043180
0.129540
0.041910
0.027940
0.063500
0.104140
0.000000
0.000000
0.055880
0.028575
0.127000
0.000000
0.041910
0.041910
0.080010
0.078740
0.359410
0.088900
0.232410
0.010160
0.045720
0.085090
0.074930
0.080010
0.140970
0.085090
0.191770
0.055880
0.325120
0.069850
0.066040
0.000000
0.177800
0.156210
0.000000
0.069850
0.048260
0.430530
0.021590
0.035560
0.095250
0.073660
0.067310
0.091440
0.049530
0.508000
0.706120
0.567690
0.599440
0.563880
0.381000

0.001
0.003
0.000
0.019
0.005
0.005
0.006
0.003
0.015
0.019
0.025
0.031
0.036
0.020
0.006
0.035
0.007
0.056
0.030
0.017
0.010
0.042
0.009
0.019
0.016
0.016
0.014
0.036
0.002
0.023
0.002
0.003
0.000
0.002
0.002
0.000
0.021
0.003
0.004
0.003
0.001
0.003
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.005
0.000
0.003
0.020
0.007
0.000
0.002
0.004
0.005
0.004

0.035560
0.083820
0.000000
0.491490
0.118110
0.116840
0.143955
0.063500
0.383540
0.488950
0.645160
0.775970
0.914400
0.495300
0.152400
0.876300
0.177800
1.409700
0.762000
0.419100
0.254000
1.066800
0.228600
0.494030
0.393700
0.406400
0.355600
0.901700
0.045720
0.585470
0.046990
0.077470
0.007747
0.046990
0.057150
0.000000
0.543560
0.064770
0.090170
0.082550
0.036830
0.072390
0.026670
0.021590
0.019050
0.135890
0.001016
0.073660
0.496570
0.170180
0.000000
0.059690
0.092710
0.121920
0.101600

0.004
0.003
0.006
0.002
0.010
0.003
0.003
0.008
0.003
0.004
0.007
0.002
0.000
0.001
0.004
0.002
0.005
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.001
0.001
0.009
0.001
0.007
0.003
0.008
0.002

0.113030
0.069850
0.158750
0.045720
0.260350
0.072390
0.082550
0.210820
0.085090
0.093980
0.165100
0.060960
0.000000
0.030480
0.097790
0.057150
0.131445
0.000000
0.000000
0.000000
0.026670
0.021590
0.215900
0.035560
0.185420
0.074930
0.209550
0.040640