2006-10-15 02:42:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Water is considered to be incompressible. Of course it will compress a little, but not much. Density changes due to temperature are not the same thing.
2006-10-15 02:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by Alan J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A physicist would answer that there's no "practical" way to compress water (or any other liquid) as you can with a spring for example. The term practical means that you need to apply a really huge pressure in order to accomplish this. The density of water changes in the depths of the oceans where the pressure is enormous (and even there only slightly, compared to other materials under the same pressure).
Of course all this stands provided that you keep temperature constant. If you do change the temperature then of course you get a change in volume but that's not due to compression.
2006-10-15 14:46:44 · answer #2 · answered by fanis t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, by turning the water into a very thick ice cube or having hot water to block sound waves/ reduce volume.
It depends how thick the water is and whats the density/temperture when water molecules are compress so is the density. If the water density is compress, it will make it easier for particles to vibrate because it will take less energy for the particles to travel when compress, but it still takes energy.
In comparison with low and high density amounts of water and if it has the same amount of water molecules. Then high density (cold water) amount of water should have more sound than the one with low density (hot water) because when particles have more energy to emit to other particles because the energy was conserved.
It is easier for soundwaves to travel through solids than air.
2006-10-15 11:26:38 · answer #3 · answered by usaf_rocky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water can not be compressed but it's volume can be changed by changing the temperature of the water. Pressure will not affect the volume.
2006-10-15 09:50:13 · answer #4 · answered by gregs0057 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is called an "incompressible liquid" because for all practical purposes the increase in density of water under pressure is negligible. Water can be compressed, but the effect is so small that you don't need to account for it in any normal calculations.
2006-10-15 09:53:45 · answer #5 · answered by Horace S Patoot 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, like any liquid, water can also be compressed and its volume reduced.
2006-10-15 09:44:40 · answer #6 · answered by Trad 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes. However, the coefficient of compression is very small.
2006-10-15 09:50:14 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. J. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Notice that the questioner referred to "its volume" correctly, for "its" without an apostrophe is possessive. sirhoshmeal left out a needed apostrophe, for "it's" is a contraction of it is, which is what sirhoshmeal meant. And of course much worse, ice is less dense than water, not more. That's why it floats. (Or should I say "Thats why it floats"?)
2006-10-15 09:58:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes...its called ice...you put water in a cold tempature ~30 degrees and it will make ice it will have less voleume than it did as a liquid.....people im not even in high school if im wrong don't take it out on me....its not my fault
2006-10-15 09:52:06 · answer #9 · answered by sirhoshmeal 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
In short, YES - but not much.
2006-10-17 13:47:02 · answer #10 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋