Air, CO2, some plastics, water, and hand sanitizer are all transparent materials. Yet you can tell when a clear water bottle is full of clear water on sight. You can tell how full the hand sanitizer container is at a glance. Yet you cannot tell where CO2 is on sight.   How would you explain this?

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Air, CO2, some plastics, water, and hand sanitizer are all transparent materials.

Yet you can tell when a clear water bottle is full of clear water on sight. You can tell how full the hand sanitizer container is at a glance. Yet you cannot tell where CO2 is on sight.

 

How would you explain this?

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