Why can air be compressed but liquids can’t?

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Why can air be compressed but liquids can’t?

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Gasses are more obviously compressed than liquids. Even metal can be compressed. In fact, compression of metal is what makes some nuclear weapons do their thing… it shoves the mass of metal to a higher density. But only for a tiny amount of time. But the results of doing so is quite spectacular. Or so I’m told.

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