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bulk modulus
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measure of how incompressible / resistant to compressibility a substance is
Key facts
- Common symbols
- K , B , k
- Si unit
- Pa
- Derivations from other quantities
- K = E / [3(1 - 2 ν )]
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Illustration of uniform compression
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