Properties and State

Concept of properties and state

Property is any characteristic or attribute which can be quantitatively evaluated.

Things that are done, like work or heat flow, are not properties.

The state of an object is its condition described by a list of properties. For example

The properties needed to describe the state of an object varies with the object and the microscopic versus macroscopic view of the object.

Some common states and their often used properties:

State	Common Properties describing the state
Chemical	chemical composition, free charge, energy, entropy etc.
Electromagnetic	electric field strength, magnetic dipole moment, charge, etc.
Esthetic	color, design, odor, etc
Geometric	length, width, breadth, volume, etc.
Hydrodynamic	pressure, shearing stress, strain rate, etc.
Kinematic	position, speed, acceleration, etc.
Thermodynamic	energy, temperature, volume, pressure, enthalpy, entropy, etc.

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