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What is the difference between extensive and intensive thermodynamic properties?

Here’s a explanation:


Extensive Properties

  • Depend on the size or amount of the system.
  • If the system gets bigger, these properties increase.
  • Examples: mass, volume, total energy, total heat, total entropy.

Intensive Properties

  • Do not depend on the size of the system.
  • If the system gets bigger, these properties stay the same.
  • Examples: temperature, pressure, density, color, boiling point.

Easy way to remember:

  • Extensive = grows with the system.
  • Intensive = stays the same no matter the system size.

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