Units mm, °C inch, °F Length L Temperature increase ∆T Material Steel Aluminum Copper Nickel Titanium Chrome Plumb Delrin POM PE PE 1000 ERTALON 6XAU+ Other material Linear temperature expansion coef. α Thermal expansion ∆L
Material α (°C-1) α (°F-1) 1 Steel 1,25E-05 2 Aluminum 2,38E-05 3 Copper 1,68E-05 4 Nickel 1,28E-05 5 Titanium 9E-06 6 Chrome 6,6E-06 7 Plumb 3,13E-05 8 Delrin 0,0001 9 POM 1E-05 10 PE 0,0002 11 PE 1000 0,0002 12 ERTALON 6XAU+ 8E-05 13 Other material