Generally they aren't.
Fluids include liquids and gasses. Liquids are not compressible. Gasses are compressible. Water is a liquid and it not compressible.
Liquids does not have a definite shape, but have a definite volume. Diffusion is a slow process and liquids are compressible.
Liquids does not have a definite shape, but have a definite volume. Diffusion is a slow process and liquids are compressible.
No. All forms of matter are compressible if you use sufficient pressure. Gases are the most easily compressible, but liquids are also compressible if you use high enough pressures. So are solids, believe it or not.
Gases and liquid do not share the same compressibility property. In liquids, the molecules are approximately lesser compressed, that Is why they move around freely and does not have fixed shape. While gas is the most compressible and it doesn't have a shape.
Solids are not easily compressible because there is little free space between particles. Source: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html
Gases are compressible because their molecules bounce off of each other instead of sticking together. The molecules of solids and liquids stick together instead of moving freely.
solid is a state in which molecules are closely packed than liquids and gases. the inter molecular distance between the molecules of solids are less or negligible.thats why the solids are not compressible
Air is compressible because it is a gas and its molecules have space between them that can be reduced when pressure is applied. The compressibility of air can be described by its bulk modulus, which is a measure of its resistance to compression. At standard atmospheric conditions, air is relatively compressible compared to liquids and solids.
Gasses are compressible and liquids and solids are incompressible. Using this information one can surmise that CO2 compressible would be the gas phase of CO2 and CO2 incompressible would be the solid (dry ice) phase of CO2.
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All liquids take the shape of their container. Liquids are non compressible. About 12% of the intermolecular bonds have been broken.