Intensive vs extensive property
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Intensive vs extensive property
Can someone remind me about the difference bewteen intensive and extensive properties and how that relates cell potential.
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An intensive property is only dependent on the type of matter in a sample, while an extensive property is dependent on the amount of matter present in the sample. Cell potential, for example, is an intensive property because it does not depend on the amount of matter present.
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Re: Intensive vs extensive property
Cell potential is an intensive property, so it is only affected by temperature, not the number of moles of rxn.
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Re: Intensive vs extensive property
Intensive property means that it doesn't depend on the amount of substance. For example, the melting point and the cell potential E are intensive properties.
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Re: Intensive vs extensive property
HI intensive properties depend on the types of matter not the amount of matter. While extensive properties depend on the amount of matter. Cell potentials are an intensive property and do not rely on the amount of matter
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Re: Intensive vs extensive property
Extensive properties are affected by the quantity of the property/molecule being examined. Intensive properties are the same no matter how much you have of a certain solution.
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The total quantity of charge moved (Q), which is an extensive property related to the electrical work performed by the cell, is different from the cell potential (E cell), an intense property that represents the force behind electron flow in an electrochemical cell.
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