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(see Compressibility @ Wikipedia)

A measure of fluid density  \rho_f change due to pressure  p variation:

(1) c_f = \frac{1}{\rho_f} \frac{\partial \rho_f}{\partial p}


This can be redefined in terms of fluid volume V_f:

(2) c_f = -\frac{1}{V_f} \frac{\partial V_f}{\partial p}
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