What is Intensive Property?
An intensive property is one that does not depend on the mass of the substance or system.
Temperature (T), pressure (P) and density (r) are examples of intensive properties.
Table of Contents
- Intensive Property Examples
- What is Extensive property?
- Extensive Property Examples
- Differences between Intensive and Extensive Properties
- Other Examples of Properties
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- Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs
Intensive Property Examples
The properties of matter that do not depend on the size or quantity of matter in any way are referred to as an intensive property of matter. Temperatures, density, colour, melting and boiling point, etc., all are intensive properties as they will not change with a change in size or quantity of matter. The density of 1 litre of water or 100 litres of water will remain the same as it is an intensive property.
What is Extensive property?
An extensive property of a system depends on the system size or the amount of matter in the system.
If the value of the property of a system is equal to the sum of the values for the parts of the system then such a property is called extensive property. Volume, energy, and mass are examples of extensive properties.
Extensive Property Examples
There are properties such as length, mass, volume, weight, etc. that depend on the quantity or size of the matter, these properties are called an extensive property of matter and their value changes if the size or quantity of matter changes. Suppose we have two boxes made up of the same material, one has a capacity of four litres while the other has a capacity of ten litres. The box with ten litres capacity will have more amount of matter as compared to that of a four-litre box.
Differences between Intensive and Extensive Properties
| Difference between Intensive and Extensive properties | |
|---|---|
| INTENSIVE | EXTENSIVE |
| Independent property | Dependent property |
| Size does not change | Size changes |
| It cannot be computed | It can be computed |
| Can be easily identified | Cannot be easily identified |
| Example: melting point, colour, ductility, conductivity, pressure, boiling point, lustre, freezing point, odour, density, etc | Example: length, mass, weight, volume |
Other Examples of Properties
Thermodynamics deals with the flow of heat energy. This flow of heat energy and its transformation into different forms is governed by the principles of thermodynamics. It depends on the matter and the factors that determine the state of a matter. The thermodynamic properties of a system depend on certain parameters. The parameters or variables are classified as state functions and path functions as defined below:
- State functions or state variables are those parameters that depend only on the current state of the system and not on the path that they have taken to reach this state.
For e.g: Temperature of the system.
- A path function is a parameter that depends on the path taken by the system to reach the current state.
For e.g: Work is done by frictional force.
A state function depends only on the initial and final conditions while a path function depends on the path taken to reach the final condition from the initial condition. The thermodynamic properties of matter are also classified as intensive and extensive properties. This classification is based on the dependence of property on the size or quantity of matter under consideration. The intensive and extensive properties of matter are discussed below.
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Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs
Which is the intensive property?
An intensive property is a physical property of a system that does not depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system. According to the definitions, density, pressure and temperature are intensive properties and volume, internal energy are extensive properties.
What is the difference between intensive property and extensive property?
An extensive property is a property that depends on the amount of matter in a sample. Mass and volume are examples of extensive properties. An intensive property is a property of matter that depends only on the type of matter in a sample and not on the amount.
Is density a extensive property?
Density is an intensive property because there is a narrow range of densities across the samples. No matter what the initial mass was, densities were essentially the same. … Density is an intensive property of matter that illustrates how much mass a substance has in a given amount of volume.
Is work intensive or extensive?
Work is the product of Force (which is intensive) times distance (which is extensive). There are several distinct forms of ‘energy’ that are treated in thermodynamics. Pressure (an intensive property) times volume (an extensive property) is a form of energy.
Is weight an intensive or extensive property?
Extensive properties vary with the amount of the substance and include mass, weight, and volume. Intensive properties, in contrast, do not depend on the amount of the substance; they include colour, melting point, boiling point, electrical conductivity, and physical state at a given temperature.
The intensive and extensive properties of matter help us in determining the thermodynamic state of a system; they provide us with the coordinates that are required to find the state of matter in thermodynamic terms. Call our mentors at BYJU’S for further support on intensive and extensive properties of matter.
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