Editing Bulk modulus (section)

==Selected values==
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|+ Approximate bulk modulus (''K'') for common materials
!Material
!Bulk modulus in GPa
!Bulk '''modulus''' in [[Pounds per square inch#psi|Mpsi]] 
|-
| align="left" |[[Diamond]] (at 4K) <ref>Page 52 of "[[Introduction to Solid State Physics]], 8th edition" by Charles Kittel, 2005, {{ISBN|0-471-41526-X}}</ref>
| {{val|443}}
| {{val|64}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Alumina]] (γ phase)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gallas|first=Marcia R.|last2=Piermarini|first2=Gasper J.|date=1994|title=Bulk Modulus and Young's Modulus of Nanocrystalline γ-Alumina|url=https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1994.tb04524.x|journal=Journal of the American Ceramic Society|language=en|volume=77|issue=11|pages=2917–2920|doi=10.1111/j.1151-2916.1994.tb04524.x|issn=1551-2916|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| {{val|162}} ± 14
| {{val|23.5}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Steel]]<!--http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/permot3.html-->
| {{val|160}}
| {{val|23.2}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Limestone]] 
| {{val|65}}
| {{val|9.4}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Granite]] 
| {{val|50}}
| {{val|7.3}}
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| align="left" |[[Glass]] (see also diagram below table)
| {{val|35}} to {{val|55}}
| {{val|5.8}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Graphite]] 2H ([[single crystal]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graphite Properties Page by John A. Jaszczak|url=https://pages.mtu.edu/~jaszczak/graphprop.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=pages.mtu.edu}}</ref>
| {{val|34}}
| {{val|4.9}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Sodium chloride]]
| {{val|24.42}}
| {{val|3.542}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Shale]] 
| {{val|10}}
| {{val|1.5}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Chalk]] 
| {{val|9}}
| {{val|1.3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Rubber]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azom.com/properties.aspx?ArticleID=920|title= Silicone Rubber| work = AZO materials}}</ref>
| {{val|1.5}} to {{val|2}}
| {{val|0.22}} to {{val|0.29}}
|-
|align=left|[[Sandstone]] 
| {{val|0.7}}
| {{val|0.1}}
|}

[[Image:SpiderGraph BulkModulus.gif|thumb|Influences of selected glass component additions on the bulk modulus of a specific base glass.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.glassproperties.com/bulk_modulus/|title= Bulk modulus calculation of glasses| work = glassproperties.com |first= Alexander |last= Fluegel}}</ref>]]

A material with a bulk modulus of 35&nbsp;GPa loses one percent of its volume when subjected to an external pressure of 0.35&nbsp;GPa (~{{val|3500|u=bar}}) (assumed constant or weakly pressure dependent bulk modulus).
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Approximate bulk modulus (''K'') for other substances
|-
| [[β-Carbon nitride]] 
|  {{val|427|15|u=GPa}}<ref>Liu, A. Y.; Cohen, M. L. (1989). "Prediction of New Low Compressibility Solids". Science. 245 (4920): 841–842.</ref> (predicted)
|-
| [[Water]]
| {{val|2.2|u=GPa}}<!--http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/permot3.html--> ({{val|0.32|u=Mpsi}}) (value increases at higher pressures)<!--REF:  Perry's Handbook, Seventh Ed'n, p. 2-149-->
|-
| Methanol
| {{val|823|u=MPa}} (at 20&nbsp;°C and 1 Atm)
|-
| Solid [[helium]] 
|  {{val|50|u=MPa}} (approximate)<!--http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/105558571/ABSTRACT-->
|-
| Air  
| {{val|142|u=kPa}} (adiabatic bulk modulus [or [[isentropic]] bulk modulus])
|-
| Air 
| {{val|101|u=kPa}} (isothermal bulk modulus)
|-
| [[Spacetime]] 
|  {{val|4.5e31|u=Pa}} (for typical gravitational wave frequencies of 100Hz) <ref>Beau, M. R. (2018). "On the nature of space-time, cosmological inflation, and expansion of the universe". Preprint. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.16796.95364</ref>
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