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Question
State whether the following statement is true or false :
Red-brown bromine vapour diffuse into air in a gas jar but the colourless air molecules do not diffuse into bromine vapour.
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Solution
The statement given here is false. Air also diffuses into the bromine vapour but because air is colourless, we are not able to see its movement.
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