In an experiment to study the diffusion of gases, a student set up the apparatus shown in diagram 1. After sometimes the student noticed a change in the water level as shown in the diagram.

      

In an experiment to study the diffusion of gases, a student set up the apparatus shown in diagram 1. After sometimes the student noticed a change in the water level as shown in the diagram.
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Give an explanation for the change in water level

  

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John
Air is less dense than carbon (IV) oxide and so it enters the porous pot faster than the rate at which carbon (IV) oxide diffuses out of it. This set up a higher pressure in the pot and the level rises as shown.
johnmulu answered the question on April 12, 2017 at 08:17


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