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Why can the samples of platinum and copper have the same extensive properties but not the same intensive properties?

Answer 1

I have always considered #"extensive properties"# as depending on the #"extent"# of the material...........

Because all of these attributes depend on the extent of the material, a lump of copper and a lump of platinum could therefore have the same mass, volume, or molar quantity (though obviously not simultaneously).

On the other hand, these metals will have different #"intensive properties"#, i.e. molar mass, melting points, density, electrical conductivity, etc. which depend on the make-up or composition of the material.

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Answer 2

Cooper Adams

The extensive properties of copper and platinum samples can be the same since they are dependent on the substance's quantity (mass, volume, etc.), but the intensive properties are different because they are specific to the substance and are not dependent on quantity (density, melting point, etc.).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.