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The properties of a substance can be divided up into two basic kinds:

Intensive properties are those that do not depend on how much of the substance you have. For example, the boiling point is an intensive property: water boils at the same temperature no matter if you have 1 gram, 10 grams or 100,000 kilograms of water. Other examples of intensive properties include density, solubility, color, and melting point.

Extensive properties depend on the amount of the substance. For example, the volume of a sample is an extensive property: 100 grams of water takes up more volume than 1 gram of water. Mass is also an extensive property.


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