Describe the difference between an extensive property and an intensive property and give an example of each

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Alvin Newton

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5 May, 16:07

Describe the difference between an extensive property and an intensive property and give an example of each

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Irvin Hendricks · Answer 1

Intensive property means the ability to be self-reliant, as it is the ability of not depending on the amount of matter present. Extensive property is, on the contrary, the ability to depend. Intensive property is the characteristic of a material that makes its substance identifiable; it doesn’t change. Extensive property can be easily identified for it changes depending on the substance added to it.

Concerning the examples of extensive properties, they are: mass, volume, energy; intensive properties examples: temperature, pressure, density.