Why can solids not easily be compressed?

Answer 1

The particlesin a solid are packed closely together and they can only vibrate about their fixed positions because there are little space between them, but there is space, therefore, solids can be compressed, but it takes extreme pressure, and it can not be compressed much.

Answer 2

Most solids can be compressed, though the extent to which they can be compressed varies from substance to substance, and is often minute. The obvious examples are styrofoam and rubber, which can be compressed to much smaller sizes but will expand again when the pressure is removed. The difference between a solid and a liquid or gas is that a solid has a chemical structure in which the individual atoms or molecules are bound together and held in place, but these width of these bonds can shrink or expand as pressure is applied or released.

Correction.

All solids can be compressed. If there were such a thing as a totally incompressible solid, pushing one side of that solid would result in instantaneous movement of the opposite side. Put another way, the speed of sound in that material would be infinite. It was quite well established by Einstein that nothing can travel faster than c (the speed of light in a vacuum), therefore no incompressible materials can exist.

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

Both solids and liquids are very difficult to compress. This is because the molecules are much closer together than gas molecules. The molecules have great resistance to being pushed closer together.

Answer 5

The bonds between atoms are very strong.

Answer 6

because there solid

Answer 7

Because the particles are very closely.