Is cell potential an intensive property?
the cell potential depends upon the metals used as electrodes, not on the amount of the metals present. This INTENSIVE property is charactistic of the metals chosen for the cell. The amount of metal, the size of the electrodes, the concentration of solutions would not change the potential. EXTENSIVE properties (the counterpart of INTENSIVE) would include such things as Examples of extensive properties include: mass length volume entropy enthalpy energy electrical resistance texture heat stiffness none of which would alter the cell POTENTIAL. Other measurements about the cell might vary with the EXTENSIVE properties, but not cell potential – the “voltage”.
