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Are liquid compressible

Updated: 12/4/2020
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All fluids are compressible - even water. Their density will change as pressure changes. Under steady conditions, and provided that the changes in pressure are small, it is usually possible to simplify analysis of the flow by assuming it is incompressible and has constant density. Liquids are quite difficult to compress - so under most steady conditions they are treated as incompressible or "relatively incompressible." In some unsteady conditions very high pressure differences can occur and it is necessary to take these into account, even for liquids. Gases, on the contrary, are very easily compressed. It is essential in most cases to treat these as compressible, taking changes in pressure into account.

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No, Liquid is not compressible. Though it will move to fit its current habitat.

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