why are solids and liquids hard to compress?

Question

please be specific with the answer and make it short. thanks a lot.

Answer 1

The molecules of a gas have higher kinetic energy, so they spend their time moving and bouncing off each other. As the temperature (and therefore kinetic energy) is reduced, they approach each other slowly enough for various intermolecular bonds to form. Now it's in liquid form. But once these bonds form, the molecules are as close together as they will ever be in a normal state of matter. If a pair of molecules starts to get closer, its intermolecular bond might get slightly stronger, but the electrostatic repulsion between the positively charged nucleii increases rapidly, pushing them apart. The only way I know of to get them significantly closer together is with the intense gravitational field of a black hole.

Answer 2

In solids its constituent particles(atoms or molecules) are bound together strongly by intermolecular forces and are packed tightly having high density no intermolecular spaces

As a result solids cannot be be compressed.

Similarly in liquids its constituent particles far from each other compared to solids so, intermolecular force is less compared to solid and particles can move freely but not to move away in atmosphere.

So liquids can be compressed negligibly.

Thus, solids and liquids are hard to compress.

Answer 3

Its due to the state that they are in. A square yard of lead is denser than a square yard of cotton.

Gases, depending where they are stored, have varying degrees of density. An air compressor can squeeze the atoms that make up air so tightly so as to be able to store the compressed state of the air in the storage tank. Thats because air atoms are much less densely packed than lead for example.

You can compress the block of lead too, but not by very much, because the atoms are closer together in its "normal state".

Answer 4

for solid, the particles are closely packed and have little empty space which means that the particles have only the option to vibrate but not move from their fixed position. Particles have orderly arrangement. Particles are held together by strong forces.

for liquid, the particles are not as closely packed as solid, and not in an orderly arrangement, which means that particles are able to vibrate and move throughout the liquid. Particles are held together by strong forces, but the forces are weaker than solid.

Answer 5

due to very intermolecular forces of attraction tensile stress developed in them whenever they are tried to bo compressed

Answer 6

solids have very less molecular space and liquids have less molecular space and it becomes difficult compress them

Answer 7

They can resist compression due to their dense gravity strength.