Science, asked by friend10, 1 year ago

if we turn on gas tap we hear the sound of escaping gas first and smell of gas later

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Answered by tijib
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The speed of sound is faster than the diffusion of gas in the air. When the gas will spread into the air, we can get the smell a little while after that. The gas tap when put on, the sound produced by the escaping gas is faster than that of smell, hence we hear the sound first

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