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Solid Compression

Theperson
in Classical Physics

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My question is fairly simple, yet the combined powers of Bing and Google cannot seem to answer it. How much energy does it take to compress a solid?

I think it would depend on how much you would want to compress the solid and what the solid is made up of.

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Yeah I'm sure it depends on several things but I'm looking for a formula that will tell me exactly how much energy it will take.

Well I would think the energy needed to compress it must be greater than the mass of the object times the speed of light squared. But I am not too sure about that.

 

Energy needed to compress > (Mass of object)c^2

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Never mind that seems too simple. I don't think I am right lol

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I'm fairly sure it is quite a bit more complicated than that. It depends on the solid you want to compress, how much you want to compress it, and maybe some other things I'm not aware of.

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Thank you very much. That's exactly what I'm looking for :)

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I don't understand how to express A0. Please Help

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