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|description='''Specific quantities''' are obtained when the [[extensive quantity]] is divided by system size, in contrast to [[intensive quantity|intensive quantities]]. ''The adjective'' specific ''before the name of an extensive quantity is often used to mean'' divided by mass ([[Cohen 2008 IUPAC Green Book |Cohen et al 2008]]). A mass-specific quantity (e.g. mass-specific flux is flow divided by mass of the system) is independent of the extent of non-interacting homogenous subsystems. If mass-specific oxygen flux is constant and independent of system size (expressed as mass), then there is no interaction between the subsystems. The well-established scaling law in respiratory physiology reveals a strong interaction of oxygen consumption and body mass by the fact that mass-specific basal metabolic rate (oxygen flux) does not increase proportionally and linearly with body mass, whereas maximum mass-specific oxygen flux, ''V''<sub>O2max</sub>, is constant across a large range of body mass (Weibel and Hoppeler 2005). | |description='''Specific quantities''' are obtained when the [[extensive quantity]] is divided by system size, in contrast to [[intensive quantity|intensive quantities]]. ''The adjective'' specific ''before the name of an extensive quantity is often used to mean'' divided by mass ([[Cohen 2008 IUPAC Green Book |Cohen et al 2008]]). A mass-specific quantity (e.g. mass-specific flux is flow divided by mass of the system) is independent of the extent of non-interacting homogenous subsystems. If mass-specific oxygen flux is constant and independent of system size (expressed as mass), then there is no interaction between the subsystems. The well-established scaling law in respiratory physiology reveals a strong interaction of oxygen consumption and body mass by the fact that mass-specific basal metabolic rate (oxygen flux) does not increase proportionally and linearly with body mass, whereas maximum mass-specific oxygen flux, ''V''<sub>O2max</sub>, is constant across a large range of body mass (Weibel and Hoppeler 2005). | ||
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Specific quantity
Description
Specific quantities are obtained when the extensive quantity is divided by system size, in contrast to intensive quantities. The adjective specific before the name of an extensive quantity is often used to mean divided by mass (Cohen et al 2008). A mass-specific quantity (e.g. mass-specific flux is flow divided by mass of the system) is independent of the extent of non-interacting homogenous subsystems. If mass-specific oxygen flux is constant and independent of system size (expressed as mass), then there is no interaction between the subsystems. The well-established scaling law in respiratory physiology reveals a strong interaction of oxygen consumption and body mass by the fact that mass-specific basal metabolic rate (oxygen flux) does not increase proportionally and linearly with body mass, whereas maximum mass-specific oxygen flux, VO2max, is constant across a large range of body mass (Weibel and Hoppeler 2005).
Reference: Gnaiger_1993_Pure Appl Chem, MitoEAGLE preprint States and rates
Normalization of rate. (A) Cell respiration is normalized for (1) the experimental Sample (flow per object, mass-specific flux, or cell-volume-specific flux); or (2) for the Chamber volume. Normalization yields a specific quantity flux from the extensive quantity flow. From MitoEAGLE preprint 2018-02-08.
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