At what temperature would 250 mL water boil? 1000 mL? Is the boiling point an intensive or extensive property?
1 Answer
Sep 15, 2016
Any amount would boil at
You can tell because the units of temperature are
How long it takes to boil will change, but that is due to the extensive property called the heat capacity, not because the boiling temperature has to be higher.
The more water there is, the more water molecules that must acquire enough energy before the system as a whole is observed to be at