Question

Explain extensive and intensive properties

Answer 1

Explanation:

1. 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.

Answer 2

The various physical properties of the system may be classified into two types :-

a) Extensive Properties :- properties of the system which depends on the total amount of the material present in the system

Eg :- mass (m), volume (v), internal energy (U), heat content (H), Gibbs energy (G), entropy (S), heat capacity(C) etc.

b) Intensive Properties :- properties of a system which are

independent of the total amount of the materials in the system

Eg:- density, molar properties, surface tension, viscosity,

specific heat, reflective index, pressure, temperature, boiling

point, freezing point and vapour pressure