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How does the density of a substance (solid, liquid and gas) change on heating?
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When a substance is heated, its volume increases while its mass remains same. So density of substance decreases with increase in temperature.
In case of solids, when temperature increases, increase in volume is negligible so decrease in density is not appreciable.
But in case of liquids and gases as temperature increases, volume increases by an appreciable amount, so density decreases considerably.
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