Question

why can't we compress the solid block of Steel

Answer 1

As we know that the block of steel is solid in nature. Therefore, the intermolecular space is very much less in it thus, making it almost incompressible.

Answer 2

The molecules of solids are packed tightly without any intermolecular spaces, and then the solids are compressible in nature because of the intermolecular spaces within the compound or substances (i.e. spaces between its molecules), matter is compressible.

Intermolecular spaces of gases are very large, so the gases are mostly compressible. Because it has very small intermolecular spaces, so, the solids are least compressible substances, which aren’t enough to allow compression visibly.