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Contents & notes: what this topic covers
Under Thermal Expansion, the JAMB Physics syllabus expects you to study:
- 15. Thermal Expansion
- (a) Solids
- (i) definition and determination of linear, volume and area expansivities;
- (ii) effects and applications, e.g., expansion in building strips and railway lines;
- (iii) relationship between different expansivities.
- (b) Liquids
- (i) volume expansivity;
- (ii) real and apparent expansivities; v.
- (iii) determination of volume expansivity;
- (iv) anomalous expansion of water.
Study notes & guidance
Study Thermal Expansion using a recommended Physics textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Physics, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Objectives — candidates should be able to
After studying Thermal Expansion, you should be able to:
- Determine linear and volume expansivities;
- Assess the effects and applications of thermal expansivities;
- Determine the relationship between different expansivities;
- Determine volume, apparent, and real expansivities of liquids; analyse the anomalous expansion of water.
These objectives are from the official JAMB syllabus. Use them as a checklist — if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.
Source: official JAMB UTME Physics syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.
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