Question

What is meant by Extensive Property

Answer 1

Answer:

An extensive property is property that depends on amount of matter in a sample.

Explanation:

It is a physical quantity whose value is proportional to the size of the system it describes, or to the quantity of matter in the system.

Answer 2

It Depends upon the quantity of the matter.

Special Points:-

*The magnitude changes with the amount of change in matter.

*Volume, enthalpy, entropy, free energy, internal energy, heat capacity, mass and work comes under extensive properties.

*Also intensive property can be represented as extensive /extensive.

*Example: Density=mass/volume