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Why are gases so much more compressible than solids or liquids?

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Compressibility can be expressed as the fractional change in volume for a particular unit of pressure

k (compressibility) = (ΔV / V ) / P

Since gases are much more compressible (lower in density) than solids they will have a much higher compressibility

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