VISCOSITY OF NITROGEN, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, AND ARGON FROM - 100 TO 25C UP TO 150-250 ATMOSPHERES

Abstract

The range of a previously developed capillary-flow viscometer has been extended to -100C, and the techniques of obtaining and determining the attainment of steady state have been improved. The viscosities of nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, and argon have been measured by an absolute method from -100 or -90 to 25C and up to 150-175 atm (250 atm for N2 at 25C). The accuracy is estimated to be 0.1 - 0.2%, but is somewhat worse for Ar at -100C. A number of empirical and theoretical analyses of the viscosity-density dependence have been made; while inconclusive, the evidence tends not to support the presence of a logarithmic term in the density expansion. Correlations of the second and the third virial coefficients of viscosity have been made.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0690933

Entities

People

  • G. P. Flynn
  • J. A. Gracki
  • John Ross

Organizations

  • Purdue University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Atmospheres
  • Chemical Laboratories
  • Coefficients
  • Electrical Resistance
  • Engineering
  • Isotherms
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Precision
  • Pressure Gages
  • Rhode Island
  • Steady State
  • Viscometers
  • Viscosity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Mathematics or Statistics