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Which law states that the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of its density?

Correct answer B. Graham’s Law

Explanation

Graham's law, proposed by Thomas Graham in 1848, shows that lighter gases effuse faster; hydrogen, for instance, effuses four times faster than oxygen.

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