Each different state has a different level of compressibility. When force is applied (ex. crushing a plastic bottle) it is being acted upon by the force of compression. A solids particles are bound tightly together so there is little to no room for compression. A liquid is also incompressible because there is not enough space in between each particle. Gas however has lots of space between each particle allowing easy compression to take place.
Monday, 5 October 2015
How Different Fluids have Different Compressibility
Each different state has a different level of compressibility. When force is applied (ex. crushing a plastic bottle) it is being acted upon by the force of compression. A solids particles are bound tightly together so there is little to no room for compression. A liquid is also incompressible because there is not enough space in between each particle. Gas however has lots of space between each particle allowing easy compression to take place.
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