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What example does the source give of a practical application of bulk compression on solids?
ACooling ordinary water slowly until it fully freezes
BManufacturing diamonds via extreme compression of carbon
CStretching a nylon guitar string until it snaps
DBending a steel nail sideways with a hammer blow
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Manufacturing diamonds via extreme compression of carbon
1. The source is discussing bulk compression, which squeezes an object inward from all sides.
2. Its practical example is manufacturing industrial-grade diamonds by compressing carbon with an extremely large force per unit area.
3. That pressure rearranges the carbon atoms into the tightly packed crystalline pattern of diamond.
4. Freezing water, stretching a guitar string, and bending a nail are each discussed elsewhere under different types of deformation, not as this bulk-compression example.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 "Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity", section 5.3 Elasticity: Stress and Strain_
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