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Standard IX
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Flow Chart for Inter-Conversion of the Three States of Matter
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Why are gases compressible but not liquids?

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Gases are compressible because the intermolecular space is very large in gases, whereas liquids are not compressible because, in liquids, the intermolecular space is less.

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