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Viscosity of monatomic gases at temperatures up to 5000–6000°K

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On the basis of analysis of experimental data on the thermal conductivity of monatomic gases at high temperatures and the use of relations from the kineticmolecular theory, theoretical equations are obtained for the viscosity of the gases up to 5000–6000°K at atmospheric pressure.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 39–44, January, 1984.

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Vargaftik, N.B., Vasilevskaya, Y.D. Viscosity of monatomic gases at temperatures up to 5000–6000°K. Journal of Engineering Physics 46, 30–34 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826162

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