Subject: Re: EX. Leaks
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Oct 25, 2001, 1:56 PM
Post ID: 1708699505
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In a message dated 10/25/01 1:09:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
gfie-@pop.mindspring.com writes:
| As the aluminum of the head "grows" with heat, doen't it expand in all directions, which would mean the circumference (inside) of the port would actually shrink? |
Just think of the first row of molecules around that internal perimeter like
a big love-fest all standing and holding hands. As they heat up, they all
need to move further apart from their neighbors. Hence, the ring
circumference expands.
Patrick
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<FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 10/25/01 1:09:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, gfie-@pop.mindspring.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">As the aluminum of the head "grows" with heat, doen't it expand in
<BR>all directions, which would mean the circumference (inside) of the
<BR>port would actually shrink?
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<BR>Just think of the first row of molecules around that internal perimeter like a big love-fest all standing and holding hands. As they heat up, they all need to move further apart from their neighbors. Hence, the ring circumference expands.
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