Is mass intensive or extensive?

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anor277
Oct 10, 2016

Mass is certainly an extensive property.

Explanation:

I tend to remember #"extensive properties"# as those properties that depend on the #"extent"# of the substance: mass; weight; volume; length.

On the other hand, #"intensive properties"# are those properties that do not depend (to a first approx.) on the amount of substance: colour; melting point; boiling/melting points; density etc.

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