Why do metals expand on heating while other solids do not?

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When metals are heated, the kinetic energy of a particle of metals increases, and its atoms and molecules move apart. As a result, each atom will take up more space due to their movement so the metal will expand.
Some other solids have differences in the forces between their atoms/molecules so they do not expand.

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