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Conclusion Fluid Characteristic

A fluid can be either a gas or a liquid. Gases have molecules farther apart than liquids, making gases highly compressible and causing them to expand indefinitely when external pressure is removed. In contrast, liquids are relatively incompressible, and when external pressure is removed the cohesive forces between molecules keep them together so liquids do not expand indefinitely like gases.

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Conclusion Fluid Characteristic

A fluid can be either a gas or a liquid. Gases have molecules farther apart than liquids, making gases highly compressible and causing them to expand indefinitely when external pressure is removed. In contrast, liquids are relatively incompressible, and when external pressure is removed the cohesive forces between molecules keep them together so liquids do not expand indefinitely like gases.

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Conclusion

A fluid may be either a gas or a liquid. The molecules of a gas are much farther apart
than those of a liquid. Hence a gas is very compressible, and when all external pressure is
removed, it tends to expand definitely. A gas is therefore in equilibrium only when it is
completely enclosed. A liquid is relatively incompressible, and if all pressure, except that of
its own vapor pressure, is removed, the cohesion between molecules holds them together, so
that the liquid does not expand indefinitely.

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