Question

Identify the intensive quantities from the following

• A. Enthalpy
• B. Temperature
• C. Pressure
• D. Mass

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The correct options are
B Temperature
C Pressure

Thermodynamic quantities can be divided in two categories:

i) Intensive : An intensive property is a bulk property, meaning that it is a physical property of a system that does not depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system.

Examples of intensive properties include temperature, refractive index, density and hardness of an object.

ii) Extensive : An extensive property is a property that changes when the size of the sample changes.

Examples are mass, volume, length, and total charge.

In the given options, Temperature and Pressure are intensive quantities and remaining are extensive quantities.

Hence, option B and C are correct.