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why are solids incompressible ?

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Solids are incompressible because the constituent particles (atoms, ions or molecules) are very closely packed in space and interparticle spaces are very small. In case, we try to compress them still further, repulsive interactions will dominate in the electron clouds of the constituting atoms. This means that they cannot be brought closer to each other any more.
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