Carbon dioxide gas is heavier than both nitrogen and oxygen. Why does not it from lower layer in the atmosphere?

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Though carbon dioxide is heavier than air, but it has a tendency to mix with other gases of air and since the rest gases are found at higher altitude so the carbon dioxide could not be able to be in the lower layer of atmospheric air.

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Carbon dioxide gas is heavier than both nitrogen and oxygen. Why does not it from lower layer in the atmosphere?

Dear student!Though carbon dioxide is heavier than air, but it has a tendency to mix with other gases of air and since the rest gases are found at higher altitude so the carbon dioxide could not be able to be in the lower layer of atmospheric air.

Dear student!
Though carbon dioxide is heavier than air, but it has a tendency to mix with other gases of air and since the rest gases are found at higher altitude so the carbon dioxide could not be able to be in the lower layer of atmospheric air.