Specific Heat and its Properties

[Tiahna Thomas 2C]

What is an intensive property, and why does specific heat go from extensive to intensive when divided by the amount of substance present?

[Emma Swanton 1G]

Intensive properties only depend on the type of matter, not its amount.

[Josh Richter 2C]

Extensive property = intensive property*amount. Some intensive property examples include Eº, density, etc.

[Andrew Yim 1K]

Intensive properties don’t depend on the amount of substance present. Specific heat of a reaction is just a quantity with units of joules per celsius but dividing the specific heat by the amount of substance gives a quantity with units of joules per celsius per gram.

[Aeson Salcedo 3L]

intensive property means that they type of substance is whats important now how much substance there is.

[Suraj Kulkarni 2B]

Hi! So, basically, intensive properties refer to properties that are substance-dependent and are intrinsic, whereas extensive properties aren't as substance-dependent per say.

[Joyce Lee 1K]

Intensive properties are ones that depend on the amount of substance there is in a reaction, while an extensive property is one that is not dependent on the amount of substance present.

[Freddie P-G 1H]

extensive properties depend on the amount of substance present, intensive properties only depend on the type. Density is an example- water has 1g/ml density and this is universal for all water.

[Karissa_Lee_1A]

Intensive properties are nondependent on the amount of a substance, so by dividing heat capacity by the amount of the substance, you are turning it to an intensive property.