We experimentally analyze the heat capacity and thermal expansion of reference solids in a wide temperature range from several Kelvin to melting temperature, and establish a universal double-linear relation between the experimental heat capacity C
p and thermal expansion β, which is different from the previous models. The universal behavior between heat capacity and thermal expansion is important to predict the thermodynamic parameters at constant pressure, and is helpful for understanding the nature of thermal properties in solids.
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