10 examples of diffusion in everyday life
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You can smell perfume because it diffuses into the air and makes its way into your nose.
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Cigarette smoke diffuses into the air.
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A few crystals of potassium permanganate in water will diffuse and turn the water purple.
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Leave a soda bottle open and the carbon dioxide bubble will diffuse and leave it flat.
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A tea bag placed in a cup of hot water will diffuse into the water.
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Aroma of food diffuses into the air and smell reaches you
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Oxygen and carbon dioxide diffuse to and fro from blood to the body cells
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In leaves, oxygen from the leaf cells diffuses out to the air.
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Alloys are examples of diffusion, as in copper being diffused in a copper alloy.
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Heat is diffused during heat conduction, such as a mug getting hot when a hot liquid is placed in it.