Question
Describe the composition of air.
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Answer
Air contains mostly nitrogen $(78\%)$ and oxygen $(21\%).$ The remaining $1\%$ (by volume) is shared by argon $(0.34\%)$, carbon dioxide $(0.33\%)$, other noble gases, oxides of nitrogen and sulphur etc., in the decreasing order
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