Extensive vs Intensive

[Joanna Pham - 2D]

Can someone please explain what an extensive and intensive property is?

[Sara Flynn 2C]

an intensive property is something that is true no matter how much mass there is of a substance while an extensive property depends on how much product is present

[Patrick Cai 1L]

Some examples of intensive and extensive properties include density, which is a value independent of how much material you have, and mass, which is scales with the more substance you have, respectively.

[Karishma_1G]

Like stated below, an extensive property is one that depends on the amount of matter present. Volume, mass and length are all examples of extensive properties. Intensive properties, on the other hand, are those that do no matter on the amount of matter present. Examples include density.

[Kessandra Ng 1K]

In Lyndon's review session, he also pointed out that while heat capacity is an extensive property, specific heat capacity and molar heat capacity are both intensive properties.

[Cody Do 2F]

During one of Lavelle's lectures, he mentioned that intensive properties are more useful in the field of science due to the fact that they are properties intrinsic to the material (they don't depend on the amount).