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Question
Look at the diagram on the right side. Jar A contains a red-brown gas whereas jar B contains a colourless gas. The two gas jars are separated by a galas plate placed between them
- What will happen when the glass plate between the two jars is pulled away?
- What name is given to the phenomenon which takes place?
- Name the brown gas which could be in jar A.
- Which is the colourless gas most likely to be present in jar B?
- Name one coloured solid and one colourless liquid which can show the same phenomenon.
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Solution
- When the glass plate between the two jars is pulled away then the red brown gas will diffuse from jar A into colourless jar B and vice versa, due to which the red brown colour will spread into jar B.
- The phenomenon occurring here is diffusion.
- Bromine vapour.
- Air.
- Potassium permanganate (coloured solid) and water (colourless liquid) also show the same phenomenon.
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