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Intensive quantity

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-005921

A physical property of a system that does not depend on the system's size or the amount of material it contains. Its value is uniform throughout a homogeneous system at equilibrium and does not change if the system is subdivided. Examples of intensive quantities include temperature, pressure, density, and concentration.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-005921
FieldChemistry
SubjectPhysical and Biophysical Chemistry
ReferencesGreen Book, 2nd ed., p. 7 (https://goldbook.iupac.org/files/pdf/green_book_2ed.pdf)
Record as JSON
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  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "references": [
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