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Here is how I thought about it
Consider a surface on which atoms bump into, and if I increase the number of atoms and at the same time allow the surface area to increase as well the pressure is still the same because these atoms occupy have size and thus occupy a certain area , and If they are distributed equally and their size remains fixed namely (made from the same substance).
I also thought to myself that If I consider a rigid tank with a valve that allows mass to enter, then as mass flows into the rigid tank, pressure must increase. this led to me thinking that in classifying of whether a certain property is intensive or extensive I should not put constraints such as my previous example that volume normally would increase as well and in that way pressure would remain the same.
Consider a surface on which atoms bump into, and if I increase the number of atoms and at the same time allow the surface area to increase as well the pressure is still the same because these atoms occupy have size and thus occupy a certain area , and If they are distributed equally and their size remains fixed namely (made from the same substance).
I also thought to myself that If I consider a rigid tank with a valve that allows mass to enter, then as mass flows into the rigid tank, pressure must increase. this led to me thinking that in classifying of whether a certain property is intensive or extensive I should not put constraints such as my previous example that volume normally would increase as well and in that way pressure would remain the same.
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