Measurements of the viscosity of compressed gaseous and liquid oxygen

✍ Scribed by W.M. Haynes

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 559 KB
• Volume: 89
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(77)90082-6

✦ Synopsis

The coefficient of shear viscosity of fluid oxygen has been determined at temperatures from 75 to 300 K at pressures up to 34 MPa with a torsionally oscillating quartz crystal. The estimated accuracy and precision of these measurements are 2% and 0.5%, respectively. Dilute gas viscosities and first-density coefficients were obtained from a statistical analysis of the gaseous isotherms at temperatures from 110 to 300 K using expansions in density. An empirical equation that represents the complete set of measurements as a function of density and temperature is presented. Comprehensive comparisons are made with previous experimental data and predicted values.