<em>Thomas Graham</em> found that, at a constant temperature and pressure the rates of effusion of various gases are inversely proportional to the square root of their masses.
<em>∨ ∝ 1/√M.</em>
where, ∨ is the rate of diffusion of the gas.
M is the molar mass of the gas.
<em>As the gas has a lower molar mass, it will have a higher rate of effusion.</em>