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Question
Why is it said that-
Air is a homogeneous mixture of various gases.
Solution
In the case of air, the majority of it contains nitrogen and oxygen. These gases cannot be readily differentiated from one another, and the air has a uniform composition of these gases throughout. Hence it is a homogenous mixture of various gases.
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