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A quartz sphere is 16.0 cm in diameter. What will be its change in volume if it is heated from 20°C to 180°C?

give answer in cm3please show work, im not sure how to solve this problem(quartz coefficient of volume expansion is 1 x 10^-6)

Answer:

You would have to look it up on Wikipedia . A good article about it is there .
Quartz is an essential constituent of granite and other felsic igneous rocks. It is very common in sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and shale and is also present in variable amounts as an accessory mineral in most carbonate rocks. It is also a common constituent of schist, gneiss, quartzite and other metamorphic rocks. Because of its resistance to weathering it is very common in stream sediments and in residual soils.

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