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why do solids or liquids or gases expand on heating

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Heat provides energy to the particles in matter and this increases their kinetic energy and particles move more rapidly.
This rapid movement increases the interatomic distance and decreases the force of attraction that keeps the molecules together and therefore the substances occupy a larger volume or expand.

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