Graham's law of diffusion
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Related to Graham's law of diffusion: Dalton's law of partial pressure, Graham's law of effusion
Graham's law of diffusion
[′grā·əmz ¦lȯ əv di′fyü·zhən] (fluid mechanics)
The law that the rate of diffusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its density.
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