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Abstract

The spring–damper models for viscosity and relaxation described in Chap. 2 can be justified in processes taking place at length scales which may be much smaller than the wavelength, often at the molecular level. This is especially so in the acoustics case. In Sect. 2.6.3 specific examples of processes were given due to \(H_2O\), \(MgSO_4\), and \(B(OH)_3\) for seawater as well as \(O_2\) and \(N_2\) for air. This chapter begins with a more detailed account of these processes starting with the simplest monatomic and polyatomic gases, simple and associated liquids, and finally chemical solutions.

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    A stricter criterion was applied in Buckingham (2018) making the result more in agreement with what is developed here.

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    http://www.claymath.org/millennium-problems/navier-stokes-equation.

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Holm, S. (2019). Absorption Mechanisms and Physical Constraints. In: Waves with Power-Law Attenuation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14927-7_4

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