[Physics] Thermal expansion of Sphere

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How would one go about writing an expression of the expansion of the volume of a sphere of a given material? I noticed a few sources give it as

$\Delta V= 3\gamma V\Delta T $
where V is the initial volume; $\gamma$ is the expansivity coefficient and $\Delta T$ is change in temperature of sphere.

Other texts leave out the 3, but with everything else the same.

Any suggestions?

Best Answer

Other texts leave out the 3, but with everything else the same.

Presumably because ...

"For exactly isotropic materials, and for small expansions, the linear thermal expansion coefficient is one third the volumetric coefficient."