Josiah Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) Hi, Is it possible to increase the density of a solid? Such as metal Edited December 13, 2018 by Josiah mistake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Josiah said: Hi, Is it possible to increase the density of a solid? Such as metal Cool it off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) Contrary to popular belief, solids and liquids are compressible. Nowhere near the extent that gases can be, but still a measurable amount. A sound ( pressure wave ) is, after all, just a moving localized area of compression. Edited December 13, 2018 by MigL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Simply overcome quantum degeneracy pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 12 minutes ago, MigL said: Contrary to popular belief, solids and liquids are compressible. Nowhere near the extent that gases can be, but still a measurable amount. Implosion-type nuclear weapons do it, albeit briefly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Take it down stairs. The increased air pressure will compress it and increase the density. It won't be easy to measure the change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) On 13/12/2018 at 6:23 PM, Josiah said: Hi, Is it possible to increase the density of a solid? Such as metal Ok so you don't care enough about your question to return and check for answers. But it's been so much fun for others seeing what ideas they can come up with. So thanks for the question. +1 My contribution is to say metal? Well perhap not metal, but metal ore. Dry it out. All earth materials increase in density as they dry. They end result what is known as dry density, which is then the maximum density for that solid. Edited December 14, 2018 by studiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Some materials have can different crystal structures or allotropes with different densities. An obvious example is carbon where diamond is denser than graphite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Strange said: Some materials have can different crystal structures or allotropes with different densities. An obvious example is carbon where diamond is denser than graphite. Indeed a good one, as is polymorphism in Sulphur. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00204149/document Edited December 14, 2018 by studiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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