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Is the concentration of a solution an intensive or extensive property? Why?

April 26, 2017Chemistry concentration Intensive Mathematics Property solution

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Is the concentration of a solution an intensive or extensive property? Why?

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It’s an intensive property, meaning that no matter how much of it you have, it always has the same ratio of solute to solution or solvent, so it doesn’t depend on size of the sample. An extensive property, like mass, depends on how much of the material you have.