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What is the different between the extensive properties & intensive properties?

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Question added by waleed almohandes , Assistant of Production Manager & Supervisor of workshop machines , Metals For Steel Industries CO LTD
Date Posted: 2016/05/02
Amala Anil
by Amala Anil , Jr. Process Engineer , Magnum Technology Center

 Intensive property is one whose magnitude is independent of the size of the system. An extensive property is one whose magnitude is additive for subsystems.

Nishit Gupta
by Nishit Gupta , Engineer , Powermech projects

extensive properties depends on mass while intensive properties do not.

For eg: Volume is extensive.

 Pressure and temperature are intensive 

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