What is the compressibility of a gas?

Answer 1

Compressibility is the ability of something to be "squashed" into a smaller space. Gases are very compressible with relatively little pressure. Liquids are much less compressible and solids even less so. (Try to squeeze your desk into a smaller space...)

Answer 2

The compressibility of a gas is a measure of its volume reduction under pressure. It indicates how much a gas can be compressed when subjected to pressure. It is often expressed as the ratio of the change in volume to the change in pressure.

Answer 3

compressibility of gases is used to make dry ice(solid CO2) and the gases are compressed in the gas cylinders in which it stays in liquid state and when we release the pressure then the liquid changes to gas...n many more are there...............i dunno

Answer 4

When you are talking about the compressibility of gas, what is meant is that the thickness of the gas is being discussed. Is the gas easy to compress or is it very viscous already, can it be pressurized or not?

Answer 5

Vacum pump, bike pump, air valves basically anything that has a pump in it

Answer 6

Most all fluids. Non-organic solids (think "iron", "steel").

Answer 7

inflated car tire,baloon,gas cylinders n etc

Answer 8

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