Which mechanism causes thermal expansion in crystal lattices?

💡 Explanation

The increased phonon mode occupancy excites lattice vibrations, because atoms oscillate with grater amplitude from anharmonicity. Therefore larger volume results from thermal expansion, rather than volume reduction, which would occur due to increasing pressure.

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