why a solid cannot be compressed but gas can be compressed easily?along with daiagram?

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i have learnt about arrangements of the solid liquid and gas and the motions also.explain the answere why the solid cannot be compresses but gas can be easily?

Answer 1

First off it is 'learned'. Do not use 'learnt'.

Solids are not easily compressed because their molecules are in a crystallized matrix that makes the bonds very strong - meaning that if you tried to pull apart or push together the molecules at the 'current' temperature and pressure, they would resist because of the attraction between them.

You CAN compress any solid into a , but mostly the pressure needed would be so great that it would also crush your body (think about the pressure needed to make a ball of solid rubber smaller ... you would need a machine of some type)

Gases are spread out and the molecular bonds between gases are extremely weak (the reason they have a tendency to explode ... because they're already floating around like bees). They can be compressed easily because they are not actually 'connected' to each other per se.

To get a little more technical look at the link below and if you need more help do research using the words 'solids versus liquids'. Hopes this helps.

http://www.unomaha.edu/hoburgchem/chem1180silberberg/Chapter%2011%20overheads%20for%20web%20053.pdf#search='solids%20versus%20gases'

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why a solid cannot be compressed but gas can be compressed easily?along with daiagram?
i have learnt about arrangements of the solid liquid and gas and the motions also.explain the answere why the solid cannot be compresses but gas can be easily?

Answer 3

Because the intermollecular space in solids is very less than liquids or gases so it cnnot get compressed wheras gases get compressed so easily but liquids get compressed to an extent

Answer 4

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Compressed means that by applying a pressure (force per unit area) or a Force its volume deceases. Liquid can generally be assumed to be incompressible as there volumes do not alter that much, whilst for solids it is generally taken that there volume do not alter at all when pressure is applied.

Answer 5

because the particles of a solid do not have spaces in them, which makes it impossible to compress, but particles of a gas have large spaces in them and can be able to be compressed

Answer 6

umm because a solid is a dense mass of particles but a gas is widely spread particles.

Answer 7

i think it depends on what type of compression you're talking about.

Answer 8

because the molecules are tightly packed together and there is no space between the particles to be squashed.

Answer 9

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