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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: modulus of compression
Synonym1: bulk modulus
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Symbol: K
Definition: quantity equal to the negative of pressure p divided by volume strain ϑ, under given conditions, thus K = −p / ϑ

NOTE 1 Usually, an isothermal process is considered.

NOTE 2 The coherent SI unit of modulus of compression is pascal, Pa.


Publication date:2011-04
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