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Why we can get the smell of perfume sitting several metres away?

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Perfume contains highly volatile aromatic liquids. These liquid on coming out of bottle gets converted into gas. Now gas as the tendency to move as well as to occupy space wherever possible. As it is pressed out of the bottle, its kinetic energy is also increased so it quickly diffuses in the surroundings...
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Perfume contains highly volatile aromatic liquids. These liquid on coming out of bottle gets converted into gas. Now gas as the tendency to move as well as to occupy space wherever possible. As it is pressed out of the bottle, its kinetic energy is also increased so it quickly diffuses in the surroundings reaching many meters away. read less
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It is basically due to the phenomenon known as Diffusion wherein the particles get transmitted from one place to other.
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When perfume is released from the bottle it quickly changes into vapor. The perfume vapor moves rapidly in all the directions as it is volatile. The kinetic energy of the gas molecules is high and the rate of diffusion is high .Hence, we can get the smell of perfume sitting several meters away. Smell...
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When perfume is released from the bottle it quickly changes into vapor. The perfume vapor moves rapidly in all the directions as it is volatile. The kinetic energy of the gas molecules is high and the rate of diffusion is high .Hence, we can get the smell of perfume sitting several meters away. Smell is a very direct sense. In order for you to smell something like perfume, molecules from that thing have to make it to your nose. Everything you smell, therefore, is giving off molecules -- whether it is perfume, bread in the bakery, onions, a piece of fruit or whatever. Those molecules are generally light, volatile (easy to evaporate) chemicals that float through the air into your nose. A piece of steel has no smell because nothing evaporates from it -- steel is a non-volatile solid. At the top of your nasal passages behind your nose, there is a patch of special neurons about the size of a postage stamp. These neurons are unique in that they are out in the open where they can come into contact with the air. They have hair-like projections called cilia that increase their surface area. An odor molecule binds to these cilia to trigger the neuron and cause you to perceive a smell.

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The particle of perfume moves from its place higher concentrations to the place of lower concentrations by the process of diffusion.
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due to diffusion of perfume molecules in the air
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When perfume is released from the bottle it quickly changes into vapor. The perfume vapor moves rapidly in all the directions as it is volatile. The kinetic energy of the gas molecules is high and the rate of diffusion is high .Hence, we can get the smell of perfume sitting several meters away.
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When perfume is released from the bottle it quickly changes into vapour. ... The kinetic energy of the gas molecules is high and the rate of diffusion is high .Hence, we can get the smell of perfume sitting several meters away.
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When perfume is released from the bottle it quickly changes into vapor. The perfume vapor moves rapidly in all the directions as it is volatile. The kinetic energy of the gas molecules is high and the rate of diffusion is high .Hence, we can get the smell of perfume sitting several meters away.
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due to diffusion of small particle of perfume into air
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Which substance made of same type of the elements known as pure substances
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