Question

explain extensive and intensive properties

Answer 1

An intensive property is a bulkproperty, 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. ... For example, the ratio of an object's mass and volume, which are twoextensive properties, is density, which is an intensive property.

Answer 2

Intensive properties are those that do not change as the size of an object changes. Extensive properties are those that change as the size of an object changes. The extensive properties scale directly with size, i.e. if the size of a system doubles, the value of an extensive property simply doubles as well. Intensive properties, on the other hand, would simply remain constant, whether the system size is doubled, tripled, or changed in any way. This distinction and the relationships between extensive and intensive properties are very important for mechanics, especially in the study of fluids. In general, all of the basic properties we think about using to describe a system (mass, volume, density, pressure, temperature, viscosity, color, etc.) can be divided into these two categories. Let's see what that looks like.