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Eucken factor and the role of internal degrees of freedom in polyatomic hydrocarbon molecule transfer effects

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The dependence of the Eucken factor and the Prandtl criterion on the number of degrees of freedom and thermal capacity is investigated for complex molecules on the basis of systematic experimental data on the viscosity and thermal conductivity of alkane and alkene homologs [1, 2].

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 704–709, October, 1976.

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Lyusternik, V.E., Mustafaev, R.A. Eucken factor and the role of internal degrees of freedom in polyatomic hydrocarbon molecule transfer effects. Journal of Engineering Physics 31, 1211–1214 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00861074

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