why does the smell of the lighted incense stick reaches several metres away?

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The smell of the lighted incense stick reaches several metres away due to diffusion.On heating, the movement of particles of incense stick increases and they move from a region of their higher concentration to a region of their low concentration thereby intermixes with other particles of air thus the smell reaches several metres away.

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