π’System Properties Fixed Or Scaling
The core distinction between thermodynamic properties is their dependence on the system's size: intensive properties like temperature, pressure, density, and specific heat capacity () remain absolutely constant regardless of whether or of air is considered, confirming they are independent of system size and fixed characteristics of the air's state. Conversely, extensive properties, such as mass and total heat capacity (), are additive and scale directly with the size of the system, increasing linearly in direct proportion to the volume. This relationship is mathematically formalised by defining the extensive property () through the integration of the intensive property () over the system's mass (), expressed as , or over the volume () using density (), as . The visual demonstration of the linear increase of extensive properties directly validates this mathematical integral relationship.
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