Intensive and extensive properties
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Intensive and extensive properties
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Physical or chemical properties of materials and systems can often be categorized as being either intensive or extensive, according to how the property changes when the size of the system changes.
The terms "intensive and extensive quantities" were introduced into physics by German mathematician Georg Helm in 1898, and by American physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman in 1917. According to International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), an intensive property or intensive quantity is
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Properties independent of system size, and proportional to system size
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_and_extensive_properties
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2003-04-01T09:13:28Z
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2024-09-12T13:46:32Z
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