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Identify some substances that are incompressible and some that are not.
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Oil in hydraulic brakes is incompressible. Gases under normal conditions are compressible.
1Step1: Compressible and Incompressible Fluid
The substance that undergoes compression when external pressure is applied is called a compressible substance. The reduction in the volume/density of the substance occurs incompressible substances. The substance that does not undergo compression when external pressure is applied is called an incompressible substance. The volume or density of such a substance remains constant.
2Step 2: Examples of Compressible and Incompressible Substances
Examples of incompressible substances – Oil in hydraulic brakes, water under normal conditions, etc.
Examples of compressible substances–air, vapour, gases under normal conditions, steam, etc.
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