Book Description

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.