The smell of hot sizzling food reaches you several metres away but to get the smell from cold food we have to go closewhy?

Answer 1

Particles of matter are continuously moving. They possess the kinetic energy. As the temperature rises, particles move faster. Thus, particles that carry smell of hot sizzling food move faster than the smell of the cold food. Therefore, the smell of hot sizzling food can reach us several metres away, but to get smell from a cold food you have to go close.

Answer 2

First off, I would like to say good question. You smell hot food far away because, the flavor is probably evaporating into the air. Also you can smell the flavor simmering. For cold fold, i dont know ask somebody else that question lol bya.

Answer 3

it is due to the diffusion