Alignment Charts for Transport Properties, Viscosity, Thermal Conductivity, and Diffusion Coefficients for Nonpolar Gases and Gas Mixtures at Low Density

Alignment Charts for Transport Properties, Viscosity, Thermal Conductivity, and Diffusion Coefficients for Nonpolar Gases and Gas Mixtures at Low Density
Author: Richard S. Brokaw
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Total Pages: 32
Release: 1961
Genre: Gases
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Summary: In problems involving fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer of gases, the viscosities, thermal conductivities, and diffusion coefficients are required. Direct measurements are in any event time consuming--they may be impossible. Alignment charts (nomographs) for calculating the low-pressure transport properties of nonpolar gases and gas mixtures are presented. Calculations for pure gases are based on the rigorous kinetic theory of gases as applied to a realistic intermolecular force law. Mixture viscosities and conductivities are calculated from good approximations derived from rigorous theory. Properties can be calculated quickly with a precision of 2 percent or better. Accuracy depends on how well the constants characterizing the intermolecular force law are known; if constants are derived from experimental data, results should be accurate to 5 percent or better. Force constants for 65 gases are tabulated.

Estimated Viscosities and Thermal Conductivities of Gases at High Temperatures

Estimated Viscosities and Thermal Conductivities of Gases at High Temperatures
Author: Roger A. Svehla
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Total Pages: 132
Release: 1963
Genre: Gases at high temperatures
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Viscosities and thermal conductivities, suitable for heat-transfer calculations, were estimated for about 200 gases in the ground state from 100° to 5000° K and 1-atm pressure. Free radicals were included, but excited states and ions were not. Calculations for the transport coefficients were based upon the Lennard-Jones (12-6) potential for all gases. Intermolecular force constants for this potential were obtained from experimental viscosity data or were estimated when data were not available. The same set of constants was used to calculate both viscosity and conductivity. An Eucken-type correction for exchange between internal and translational energies was made for thermal conductivities of polyatomic gases.

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Total Pages: 36
Release: 1961
Genre: Nuclear energy
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