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Critical exponent for viscosity

Published

Author(s)

Robert F. Berg, Michael R. Moldover

Abstract

We have measured the critical exponent y characterizing the divergence of the viscosity eta  |T – Tc|^-y for carbon dioxide and xenon. The values of y for both fluids fall within the range y = 0.041 ± 0.001 and are consistent with the range y = 0.042 ± 0.002 spanned by our earlier data for four binary liquid mixtures. This agreement is the strongest evidence that pure fluids and binary liquids are in the same dynamic universality class; however, the results for y are inconsistent with the recent theoretical value of 0.032.
Citation
Physical Review A
Volume
42

Citation

Berg, R. and Moldover, M. (1990), Critical exponent for viscosity, Physical Review A (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created December 15, 1990, Updated February 17, 2017