If you Heat a one liter iron ball ,would its atoms size change.?

Question

Would the Iron Atoms become bigger or smaller?

Arent the vibration of the atoms following a wave function,so whats the wave function?

Now suppose instead of iron ,its one litre of water,what would happen to its atoms

Answer 1

from what I remember about that, the atoms would stay the same size, but they would spread out since heat causes things to expand or something along those lines.

Granted it has been about 8 years since I did that, so I may not be 100% accurate, but at least I tried. :)

Answer 2

In a classical sense the answer is no. The heat would cause the overall size of the ball to increase, but this is due to the fact that the individual atoms are vibrating more then they were before you started heating the ball. As a result of the more vigorous vibrations, the average separation between the atoms increases.

Answer 3

I dont think the atom size is getting bigger actually the Iron ball is getting bigger because when we heat up an Iron it will also give more kinetic energy to the atoms so that why we see the Iron ball become a bit larger because there r space between the atoms when we heat it..while the atom didd not change their size at all

Answer 4

no the atoms remains the same size. as we all know in a solid the atoms will vibrate and rotate unlike liquid and gases where it moves freely. Therefore, when energy is supplied the atoms will vibrate more vigorously. this is what cause the iron ball to expand. if enough heat it provided. the atoms will vibrate so much that they break all the metallic bonds. hence they will become a liquid iron

Answer 5

no the atoms remains the same size. as we all know in a solid the atoms will vibrate and rotate unlike liquid and gases where it moves freely. Therefore, when energy is supplied the atoms will vibrate more vigorously. this is what cause the iron ball to expand. if enough heat it provided. the atoms will vibrate so much that they break all the metallic bonds. hence they will become a liquid iron.

Answer 6

NOT REALLY
the only thing that can change is the individual orbits of the e's in the electron belt.
but every time one of them goes next level, emmits a foton of light, or infrared , returning to its previous orbit, and so on
so , the average size of the atoms remains the same.
the increase of volume of the iron ball is due to another reason, molecular level vibration.
remember, more than 99.999 % of the space in every matter is emptiness, most is between atoms. its empty even between the lectrons and the nuclei.

Answer 7

No.