Bulk modulus

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The bulk modulus ( or or ) of a substance is a measure of the resistance of a substance to bulk compression. It is defined as the ratio of the infinitesimal pressure increase to the resulting relative decrease of the volume. [1]

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Other moduli describe the material's response (strain) to other kinds of stress: the shear modulus describes the response to shear stress, and Young's modulus describes the response to normal (lengthwise stretching) stress. For a fluid, only the bulk modulus is meaningful. For a complex anisotropic solid such as wood or paper, these three moduli do not contain enough information to describe its behaviour, and one must use the full generalized Hooke's law. The reciprocal of the bulk modulus at fixed temperature is called the isothermal compressibility.

Definition

The bulk modulus (which is usually positive) can be formally defined by the equation

where is pressure, is the initial volume of the substance, and denotes the derivative of pressure with respect to volume. Since the volume is inversely proportional to the density, it follows that

where is the initial density and denotes the derivative of pressure with respect to density. The inverse of the bulk modulus gives a substance's compressibility. Generally the bulk modulus is defined at constant temperature as the isothermal bulk modulus, but can also be defined at constant entropy as the adiabatic bulk modulus.

Thermodynamic relation

Strictly speaking, the bulk modulus is a thermodynamic quantity, and in order to specify a bulk modulus it is necessary to specify how the pressure varies during compression: constant-temperature (isothermal ), constant-entropy (isentropic ), and other variations are possible. Such distinctions are especially relevant for gases.

For an ideal gas, an isentropic process has:

where is the heat capacity ratio. Therefore, the isentropic bulk modulus is given by

Similarly, an isothermal process of an ideal gas has:

Therefore, the isothermal bulk modulus is given by

.

When the gas is not ideal, these equations give only an approximation of the bulk modulus. In a fluid, the bulk modulus and the density determine the speed of sound (pressure waves), according to the Newton-Laplace formula

In solids, and have very similar values. Solids can also sustain transverse waves: for these materials one additional elastic modulus, for example the shear modulus, is needed to determine wave speeds.

Measurement

It is possible to measure the bulk modulus using powder diffraction under applied pressure. It is a property of a fluid which shows its ability to change its volume under its pressure.

Selected values

Approximate bulk modulus (K) for common materials
MaterialBulk modulus in GPaBulk modulus in Mpsi
Diamond (at 4K) [2] 44364
Alumina (γ phase) [3] 162 ± 1423.5
Steel 16023.2
Limestone 659.4
Granite 507.3
Glass (see also diagram below table)35 to 555.8
Graphite 2H (single crystal) [4] 344.9
Sodium chloride 24.423.542
Shale 101.5
Chalk 91.3
Rubber [5] 1.5 to 20.22 to 0.29
Sandstone 0.70.1
Influences of selected glass component additions on the bulk modulus of a specific base glass. SpiderGraph BulkModulus.gif
Influences of selected glass component additions on the bulk modulus of a specific base glass.

A material with a bulk modulus of 35 GPa loses one percent of its volume when subjected to an external pressure of 0.35 GPa (~3500 bar) (assumed constant or weakly pressure dependent bulk modulus).

Approximate bulk modulus (K) for other substances
β-Carbon nitride 427±15 GPa [7] (predicted)
Water 2.2 GPa (0.32 Mpsi) (value increases at higher pressures)
Methanol823 MPa (at 20 °C and 1 Atm)
Solid helium 50 MPa (approximate)
Air142 kPa (adiabatic bulk modulus [or isentropic bulk modulus])
Air101 kPa (isothermal bulk modulus)
Universe (space-time) 4.5×1031 Pa (for typical gravitational wave frequencies of 100Hz) [8]

Microscopic origin

Interatomic potential and linear elasticity

Interatomic potential and force Interatomic potentual.png
Interatomic potential and force

Since linear elasticity is a direct result of interatomic interaction, it is related to the extension/compression of bonds. It can then be derived from the interatomic potential for crystalline materials. [9] First, let us examine the potential energy of two interacting atoms. Starting from very far points, they will feel an attraction towards each other. As they approach each other, their potential energy will decrease. On the other hand, when two atoms are very close to each other, their total energy will be very high due to repulsive interaction. Together, these potentials guarantee an interatomic distance that achieves a minimal energy state. This occurs at some distance a0, where the total force is zero:

Where U is interatomic potential and r is the interatomic distance. This means the atoms are in equilibrium.

To extend the two atoms approach into solid, consider a simple model, say, a 1-D array of one element with interatomic distance of a, and the equilibrium distance is a0. Its potential energy-interatomic distance relationship has similar form as the two atoms case, which reaches minimal at a0, The Taylor expansion for this is:

At equilibrium, the first derivative is 0, so the dominant term is the quadratic one. When displacement is small, the higher order terms should be omitted. The expression becomes:

Which is clearly linear elasticity.

Note that the derivation is done considering two neighboring atoms, so the Hook's coefficient is:

This form can be easily extended to 3-D case, with volume per atom(Ω) in place of interatomic distance.

Relationship with atomic radius

As derived above, the bulk modulus is directly related to the interatomic potential and the volume per atom. We can further evaluate the interatomic potential to connect K with other properties. Usually, the interatomic pair potential can be expressed as a function of distance that has two terms, one term for attraction and another term for repulsion. For example,

where the term involving A represents the attraction term and the B term represents repulsion. A and B are both chosen to be positive and n and m are usually integers, with m usually larger than n due to the short-ranged nature of repulsion. At the equilibrium position, u is at its minimum and so the first derivative is 0. We have

when r is close to, recall that the n (usually 1 to 6) is smaller than m (usually 9 to 12), ignore the second term, evaluate the second derivative

Recall the relationship between r and Ω

In many cases, such as in metal or ionic material, the attraction force is electrostatic, so n = 1, we have

This applies to atoms with similar bonding nature. This relationship is verified within alkali metals and many ionic compounds. [10]

See also

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Further reading

Conversion formulae
Homogeneous isotropic linear elastic materials have their elastic properties uniquely determined by any two moduli among these; thus, given any two, any other of the elastic moduli can be calculated according to these formulas, provided both for 3D materials (first part of the table) and for 2D materials (second part).
3D formulaeNotes

There are two valid solutions.
The plus sign leads to .

The minus sign leads to .
Cannot be used when
2D formulaeNotes
Cannot be used when