Bromine and air take about 15 minutes to diffuse completely but bromine diffuses into a vacuum very rapidly. Why is this so ?

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Bromine diffuses slowly into air because the motion of bromine molecules is obstructed due to the collisions with the moving molecules of air. Bromine diffuses very rapidly into vacuum because there is ‘nothing’ in the vacuum to oppose the motion of bromine molecules.

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