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Bimetallic Strip

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Two sheets of metals with different coefficients of thermal expansion are bonded together. The resulting bimetallic strip bends when heated. This phenomenon has many applications, including thermal switches and thermometers.

Contributed by: Sándor Kabai (October 2008)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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