General Chemistry Online: Companion Notes: Matter: Classifying properties

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Introduction
Measurement

Classifying properties

1. In order to decide whether a property is chemical or physical, you must know whether

	chemical or physical changes occur when the property is measured
	the property is intrinsic or extrinsic
	the property involves matter or energy
	the property is extensive or intensive
	measuring the property changes mass or energy

2. Which of the following is an extensive property of coffee in a mug?

3. Which of the following is an extensive property of a bubble of air?

radius

percent oxygen

temperature

density

4. The specific volume of a substance is the the volume per gram of substance. Specific volume is an example of

	a chemical, extensive property		a physical, extensive property
	a chemical, intensive property		a physical, intensive property

5. Which of the following is a physical property?

flammability

explosiveness

toxicity

corrosiveness

temperature