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Thanks a lot. My confusion stemmed from my understanding of the word compression as a reduction in volume. One final question: Are the definitions of intensive and extensive properties valid only for a fixed system state? As in, I understood what you are saying about the container and the...

Hello. I need help with some thermo basics. I can't understand the concept of constant volume compression/expansion. Please help me understand how it occurs. Also, I am not clear on how pressure is an intensive property. To my understanding it IS a quantity dependent on system size (eg...