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Why is the ratio of two extensive quantities always intensive?
Definition of “intensive” and “extensive” propertiesAre $G$, $F$ and $H$ (thermodynamics potentials) extensive quantities?Is speed an intensive property?Why is density an intensive property?Extensive variables in thermodynamicsPressure: extensive or intensive property?Is heat an extensive or intensive property?Why we can't multiply two extensive quantities together?Is length an extensive property?Rigorous definition of intensive and extensive quantities in thermodynamics
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Is this something that we observe that always happens or is there some fundamental reason for two extensive quantities to give an intensive when divided?
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Is this something that we observe that always happens or is there some fundamental reason for two extensive quantities to give an intensive when divided?
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Is this something that we observe that always happens or is there some fundamental reason for two extensive quantities to give an intensive when divided?
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Is this something that we observe that always happens or is there some fundamental reason for two extensive quantities to give an intensive when divided?
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It is mainly a mathematical reason. Extensive quantities grow with system size. If two quantities scale in the same way with a variable (in this case system size), it cancels out in the division.
Mini-example: $A$ and $B$ are extensive physical quantities both dependent on $n$. Their ratio is called $C = A / B$. If you scale the system up, $A$ and $B$ grow by a factor of $n$. What happens to $C$?
$fracA cdot nB cdot n = fracAB$
$C$ stays the same, irrespective of $n$. Hence, $C$ is intensive. The most common physical example is mass and volume, which scale with system size and still exhibit the same ratio, the density.
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It is mainly a mathematical reason. Extensive quantities grow with system size. If two quantities scale in the same way with a variable (in this case system size), it cancels out in the division.
Mini-example: $A$ and $B$ are extensive physical quantities both dependent on $n$. Their ratio is called $C = A / B$. If you scale the system up, $A$ and $B$ grow by a factor of $n$. What happens to $C$?
$fracA cdot nB cdot n = fracAB$
$C$ stays the same, irrespective of $n$. Hence, $C$ is intensive. The most common physical example is mass and volume, which scale with system size and still exhibit the same ratio, the density.
answered 28 mins ago
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It is mainly a mathematical reason. Extensive quantities grow with system size. If two quantities scale in the same way with a variable (in this case system size), it cancels out in the division.
Mini-example: $A$ and $B$ are extensive physical quantities both dependent on $n$. Their ratio is called $C = A / B$. If you scale the system up, $A$ and $B$ grow by a factor of $n$. What happens to $C$?
$fracA cdot nB cdot n = fracAB$
$C$ stays the same, irrespective of $n$. Hence, $C$ is intensive. The most common physical example is mass and volume, which scale with system size and still exhibit the same ratio, the density.
answered 28 mins ago
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It is mainly a mathematical reason. Extensive quantities grow with system size. If two quantities scale in the same way with a variable (in this case system size), it cancels out in the division.
Mini-example: $A$ and $B$ are extensive physical quantities both dependent on $n$. Their ratio is called $C = A / B$. If you scale the system up, $A$ and $B$ grow by a factor of $n$. What happens to $C$?
$fracA cdot nB cdot n = fracAB$
$C$ stays the same, irrespective of $n$. Hence, $C$ is intensive. The most common physical example is mass and volume, which scale with system size and still exhibit the same ratio, the density.
answered 28 mins ago
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It is mainly a mathematical reason. Extensive quantities grow with system size. If two quantities scale in the same way with a variable (in this case system size), it cancels out in the division.
Mini-example: $A$ and $B$ are extensive physical quantities both dependent on $n$. Their ratio is called $C = A / B$. If you scale the system up, $A$ and $B$ grow by a factor of $n$. What happens to $C$?
$fracA cdot nB cdot n = fracAB$
$C$ stays the same, irrespective of $n$. Hence, $C$ is intensive. The most common physical example is mass and volume, which scale with system size and still exhibit the same ratio, the density.
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