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Compressibility


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The reciprocal of the bulk modulus is called the compressibility and is denoted by k.


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The reciprocal of the bulk modulus is called the compressibility and is denoted by k. Note that bulk modulus is also called k as defined in mechanics of materials in the lesson Bulk Modulus and Dilation. From Eq6 from the lesson Bulk Modulus and Dilation:

(Eq1)    
k =
1
B
=  −
ΔV/V0
Δp
B =  −
1
V0
ΔV
Δp

Compressibility is the fractional decrease in volume, −ΔV/V0, per unit increase Δp in pressure. The units of compressibility are those of reciprocal pressure, Pa−1 or atm−1.

Materials with small bulk modulus and large compressibility are easy to compress; those with larger bulk modulus and smaller compressibility compress less with the same pressure increase.



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