Thermal Expansion of Materials (Inches/100 Feet)

The tabulated values have been calculated based on the change in temperature from 70°F to the listed value measured in inches/100 feet. These values are for evaluating thermal expansion only. They are not an indication that a material is suitable for service at the listed temperature.

Temp (°F) Steel High Cr. Steel
5Cr-9Cr
Stainless Steel
18Cr-8Ni
Stainless Steel
25Cr-20Ni
Alloy 400 Copper Nickel Copper Nickel 200 Alloy 800
825
Alloy 600
625
Aluminum
-325 -2.37 -2.22 -3.85 --- -2.62 -3.15 --- --- --- --- -4.68
-300 -2.24 -2.10 -3.63 --- -2.50 -2.87 --- -2.44 --- --- -4.46
-250 -1.98 -1.86 -3.19 --- -2.26 -2.53 --- -2.25 --- -2.30 -3.97
-200 -1.71 -1.62 -2.73 --- -2.02 -2.19 --- -2.01 --- -2.04 -3.44
-150 -1.45 -1.37 -2.27 --- -1.79 -1.95 --- -1.65 --- -1.70 -2.88
-100 -1.15 -1.08 -1.75 --- -1.38 -1.53 -1.83 -1.29 --- -1.37 -2.27
-50 -0.84 -0.79 -1.24 --- -0.98 -1.13 -1.31 -0.93 --- -0.97 -1.67
0 -0.49 -0.46 -0.72 --- -0.57 -0.66 -0.79 -0.56 --- -0.56 -0.97
50 -0.14 -0.13 -0.21 --- -0.20 -0.19 -0.22 -0.16 --- -0.16 -0.28
70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
100 0.23 0.22 0.34 0.32 0.28 0.31 0.34 0.25 0.28 0.26 0.46
150 0.61 0.58 0.90 0.84 0.75 0.82 0.90 0.69 0.76 0.70 1.23
200 0.99 0.94 1.46 1.37 1.22 1.33 1.48 1.15 1.23 1.15 2.00
250 1.40 1.33 2.03 1.91 1.71 1.86 2.05 1.61 1.76 1.61 2.83
300 1.82 1.71 2.61 2.45 2.21 2.40 2.62 2.08 2.30 2.09 3.67
350 2.26 2.10 3.20 2.99 2.68 2.96 3.19 2.56 2.88 2.56 4.52
400 2.70 2.50 3.80 3.53 3.25 3.52 3.88 3.05 3.48 3.05 5.39
450 3.16 2.93 4.41 4.07 3.79 --- 4.47 3.55 4.04 3.53 6.28
500 3.62 3.35 5.01 4.61 4.33 --- 5.06 4.05 4.59 4.02 7.17
550 4.11 3.80 5.62 5.15 4.90 --- 5.64 4.56 5.16 4.52 8.10
600 4.60 4.24 6.24 5.69 5.46 --- --- 5.09 5.72 5.02 9.03
650 5.11 4.69 6.87 6.23 6.05 --- --- 5.62 6.30 5.53 ---
700 5.63 5.14 7.50 6.77 6.64 --- --- 6.16 6.88 6.05 ---
750 6.16 5.62 8.15 7.31 7.25 --- --- 6.71 7.47 6.57 ---
800 6.70 6.10 8.80 7.85 7.85 --- --- 7.27 8.06 7.10 ---
850 7.25 6.59 9.46 8.45 8.48 --- --- 7.82 8.66 7.67 ---
900 7.81 7.07 10.12 9.05 9.12 --- --- 8.37 9.26 8.23 ---
950 8.35 7.56 10.80 9.65 9.77 --- --- 8.92 9.87 8.80 ---
1000 8.89 8.06 11.48 10.25 10.42 --- --- 9.49 10.49 9.37 ---
1050 9.46 8.55 12.16 10.85 11.09 --- --- 10.05 11.11 9.94 ---
1100 10.04 9.05 12.84 11.45 11.77 --- --- 10.63 11.74 10.51 ---
1150 10.57 9.52 13.52 12.11 12.47 --- --- 11.21 12.38 11.09 ---
1200 11.10 10.00 14.20 12.77 13.15 --- --- 11.80 13.02 11.66 ---
1250 11.66 10.53 14.88 13.43 13.86 --- --- 12.39 13.71 12.29 ---
1300 12.22 11.06 15.56 14.09 14.58 --- --- 12.99 14.39 12.93 ---
1350 12.78 11.55 16.24 14.69 15.30 --- --- 13.59 15.10 13.56 ---
1400 13.34 12.05 16.92 15.29 16.02 --- --- 14.20 15.80 14.20 ---
1450 --- --- 17.69 --- --- --- --- 14.82 16.53 14.83 ---
1500 --- --- 18.47 --- --- --- --- 15.44 17.25 15.45 ---
1550 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 16.07 17.98 16.08 ---
1600 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 16.71 18.73 16.71 ---
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12


Note:
(1) Column 2 applies to carbon steel and alloy steel up to 3% chrome - plate and pipe such as ASTM/ASME
A-36, A-516, A-53 and A-106.
(2) Column 4 applies to chrome nickel stainless steel plate and pipe such as type 304, 316, 321 and 347
(including "L" and "H" grades) austenitic stainless steels.
(3) Column 5 applies to high nickel stainless steel alloys such as type 309 and 310 stainless steel.
(4) Alloy 400 listed in Column 6 is commonly referred to as Monel 400.

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