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Is contraction possible when temperature increase​

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It's "possible", but it's very very very rare. In fact, there are only two known substances that can contract when their temperature increases.

One of them is water. When water warms from 0°C to 4°C, it contracts.

I can't remember what the other substance is.

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The short answer is yes. Contraction is possible when temperature changes in general, it doesn’t matter if it increases or decreases.
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