2006-11-08 08:45:43 · 3 answers · asked by Liz T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Compression is a reduction in volume of a constant mass in response to pressure. In a liquid or solid state, steel would be considered incompressible because the compressibility is infinetressimal.
The bulk modulus is the opposite of compressibility. The bulk modulus for (solid) steel is 16 x 10^11 Pascals. While a Pascal is a very small measure of pressure (atmospheric pressure on Earth is about 100,000 Pa), this number is still very large. You would have to be able to go 10,000 miles (2900 leagues) under the surface of the ocean to see 16 x 10^11 Pa of pressure.
2006-11-08 09:19:55 · answer #1 · answered by Bo Peep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a general rule steel is not compressible. By compressible I mean you can not reduce it's mass. You can make it thinner, but you then expand it's area, thereby, changing it's shape but retaining it's mass.
2006-11-08 16:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by dulcrayon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
precisely compressive strength of steels is vary high (unmeasurable).So we can say it can not be compressed.
2006-11-08 17:13:07 · answer #3 · answered by jiggoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋