A few days ago
Anonymous

Is density an intensive property or an extensive property?

According to my text book it says that density is an intensive property, but according to my lab data density is an extensive property. Need help asap.

Much appreciated :]

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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I would have to say density is an intensive property just by this definition.

Wikipedia:

In physics and chemistry an intensive property (also called a bulk property) of a system is a physical property of the system that does not depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system. By contrast, an extensive property of a system does depend on the system size or the amount of material in the system. Some intensive properties, such as viscosity, are statistical in nature and not relevant to extremely small quantities.

Distinguishing between intensive and extensive properties:

Consider the joining of two identical systems: extensive properties (such as mass and volume) will change, but intensive properties (such as temperature and the density of the system) will not

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5 years ago
Anonymous
INTENSIVE Mass and Volume are both Extensive. Temperature, Pressure, and Density are all Intensive. Mike G is right up until he gets to the part where he says: “mass and volume are both intensive properties…. Temperature is an example of an extensive property” And the part about density depending on the size of the material. That’s not true either. .
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