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Record 1 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

Properties independent of the quantity or shape of the substance under consideration; for example, temperature, pressure, or composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

(...) paramètre caractérisant l'état d'un système et dont la valeur reste inchangée lorsqu'on réunit deux systèmes identiques.

CONT

La pression, la température, le potentiel électrique sont des grandeurs intensives. Tout paramètre intensif X est associé à un paramètre extensif x, et ces deux paramètres sont dits conjugués : par ex. la pression et le volume, la température et l'entropie.

OBS

Voir la fiche correspondant au terme "paramètre d'état".

Spanish

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