When heated, all three states of matter (solid, liquid, and
gas) expand. The volume that the atoms take up expands, not the atoms
themselves.
When a solid is heated, the atoms around their fixed points
vibrate faster. As a result, when solids are heated, the proportionate increase
in size is negligible. When the sun heats metal railway tracks, they expand
into the gaps and do not buckle.
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