Which mechanism causes increased thermal expansion in materials utilizing metallic bonding heated near their melting point?

💡 Explanation

Increased phonon mode excitation causes greater atomic vibrations, leading to overall material expansion, because atoms oscillate more vigorously at elevated temperatures. Therefore, thermal expansion increases, rather than a scenario of defects/electron scattering dominating expansion near material melting.

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