Why are gases easier to compress than liquids and solids

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Why are gases easier to compress than liquids and solids?

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Why are gases easier to compress than liquids and solids?

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Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 2 The distance between gas particles is larger than the size of the atoms, so there is a lot of space between gas particles, therefore the forces between them are very weak where as the solid particles don’t have gap and liquid particles have less gap compare to gas.

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