Answer to Question #242807 in Physics for Anand

Question

State with reasons, which of the following variables are intensive and which are
extensive?
i) Number of gas molecules enclosed in a box;
ii) Density of gas in a box;
iii) Wavelength of radiation emitted by a black body at temperature T;
iv) Intensity of radiation emitted by a black body at temperature T

Answer 1

Intensive properties are the quantities that do not depend on the amount of matter, therefore, the correct options are iii, ii, iv, extensive (that depend on the quantity of particles) is i.