The Bulk Modulus of a Fluid (Inverse Compressibility) equation calculates the Bulk Modulus of a Fluid (BM) given it's Compressibility (C_β).

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:

• (C_β) Compressibility of the Fluid

Description

The bulk modulus (BM) of a substance is a measure of how resistant to compressibility that substance is. It is defined as the ratio of the infinitesimal pressure increase to the resulting relative decrease of the volume.

The inverse of the bulk modulus (BM) is called the compressibility (C_β).

In thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, compressibility (also known as the coefficient of compressibility^[1] or isothermal compressibility^[2]) is a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure (or mean stress) change.

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References

This description was obtained from wikipedia.