Note that you can take a volume expansion coefficient to be three times the linear expansion coefficient. Liquid water has an average linear thermat expansion coefficient of $140\frac{{10}^{-6}}{}C.$ You absent$-$mindedly fill an aluminum pot all the way to the brim with water. The linear thermal expansion coefficient of aluminum is $23\mathrm{.}0\frac{{10}^{-6}}{}C.$ Both the pot and the water start at $20\mathrm{.}0C.$ You then want to bring the water to a boil, po you put the pot on the stove to heat the water.