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Why are gas particles able to move freely over long distances?
Gas � In a gas, particles are in continual straight-line motion. The kinetic energy of the molecule is greater than the attractive force between them, thus they are much farther apart and move freely of each other.
Why is it possible to smell petrol over a distance?
When there are more gas fumes coming out of your exhaust, it’s possible that these fumes will make their way into your ventilation system, which is why you would smell gas inside of your car.
What causes gas to move faster?
In gases the particles move rapidly in all directions, frequently colliding with each other and the side of the container. With an increase in temperature, the particles gain kinetic energy and move faster.
How do smell particles travel?
Smells travel through the air by a process called diffusion; air particles, and the odour particles within the air, move freely in all directions. They are constantly moving and eventually they spread out through the air around them. Some people have no sense of smell, or they lose it during their lifetime.
How would you explain the distance of gas particles?
The particles of a gas may be either atoms or molecules. The distance between the particles of a gas is much, much greater than the distances between the particles of a liquid or a solid. Most of the volume of a gas, therefore, is composed of the empty space between the particles.
Why can gas and liquid particles move around?
Air, helium and chlorine are gases at room temperature. Water vapour is water as a gas. The particles in a gas are: arranged in a random way….Gases.
| Property | Reason |
|---|---|
| They flow and completely fill their container | The particles can move quickly in all directions |
Why does gas have a smell?
Gas companies add a harmless chemical called mercaptan to give it its distinctive “rotten egg” smell. All natural gas and propane pipeline gas in Connecticut is odorized. If you smell gas near an appliance, it may be just a pilot light that has gone out or a burner valve that is open slightly.
Why do we smell gas?
Natural gas is an efficient, safe, colorless and odorless gas. For easy detection, we add a harmless chemical called mercaptan to give gas a distinctive odor. Most people describe the smell as rotten eggs or hydrogen sulfide like odor. It smells bad for a good reason – in case of a gas leak!
Do gas particles move faster than liquid?
In a gas, particles have vibrational, rotational, and translational motion, allowing them to “bounce” off of one another. Particles in a gas state move much faster than a liquid.
How can we smell things from a distance?
Wherever you are— in a classroom, outside, on a bus, at home— you can smell odors because they become part of the air. All odors that humans smell have that in common— they all move as part of the air.
Does smell travel in space?
In space, no one can hear you fart (but they can smell it). They can! Smells travel by the movement of individual aroma molecules. Under the influence of gravity and with no air to get in the way, these molecules would fall to the ground at the same rate that anything else does.
How does smelly gas spread through the room?
The particles of smelly gas are free to move quickly in all directions. They eventually spread through the whole room from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. This continues until the concentration of the particles of smelly gas is the same throughout the room.
Why does smell take longer to travel from place to place?
However, a smell does not travel this fast. This is because its particles collide with each other and with particles of air very frequently. They change direction randomly when they collide, so it takes much longer to travel from one place to another. Their random motion because of collisions is called Brownian motion.
Why does the smell of cooking travel around the House?
If someone is cooking in the kitchen, the smell travels around the house to other rooms. This is because of diffusion, the movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. For diffusion to work, the particles must be able to move around.
How does the intensity of an odor affect you?
Their intensity will depend on the concentration of the odor in air, how often you smell it, and how long exposure lasts. If the concentration of an odor in air is below levels of irritation (levels known to cause eye, nose, or throat irritation in people), the symptoms will pass when you move out of the exposure area.