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Is the expansion of metal when heated a chemical change or physical

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Expansion is typically observed during heating of material. For example, when we heat a bar of metal (say iron), it expands. We can also blow air into a balloon and observe its expansion. In both such cases, the material remains the same and no chemical change or reaction takes place.

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