Abstract
The validity of Graham's law, i.e. the inversely proportional relationship between diffusivity (diffusiom coefficient) and the square root of the molecular mass, is tested for test gases and gas mixtures of physiological interest based on recent measurements of diffusivities of gases in gas phase. With gases of medium molecular mass (10 to 30 g/mol) predictions on the basis of Graham's law are reasonably accurate, deviations from experimental values not exceeding 20%. With gases of high and low molecular masses, however, larger discrepancies are encountered. The prediction of diffusion coefficients on the basis of the Chapman-Enskog theory is in most cases more accurate than that based on Graham's law.
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