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Unlike solids and liquids, gases can be compressed. How is this physical characteristic of gases beneficial to society?

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Gases have three characteristic properties: (1) they are easy to compress, (2) they expand to fill their containers, and (3) they occupy far more space than the liquids or solids from which they form. An internal combustion engine provides a good example of the ease with which gases can be compressed.
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