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Thermal expansion coefficient

Created by Arthur Aslanyan (Nafta College), last modified on Jan 28, 2019

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A measure of relative media density $\begin{array}{l}\rho\end{array}$ change due to a unit temperature $\begin{array}{l}T\end{array}$ variation:

(1)	$\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle c = \frac{1}{\rho} \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial T}\end{array}$

Symbol	Dimension	SI units	Oil metric units	Oil field units
$\begin{array}{l}\alpha_V\end{array}$	Θ^-1	K^-1	°C ^-1	°F ^-1

See also

[Single-phase fluid compressibility] [Multi-phase fluid compressibility] [Pore compressibility] [Total compressibility]

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