Transport Coefficients of Expanded Fluid Metals

Abstract

The viscosities and the self-diffusion coefficients of expanded fluid mercury and caesium have been calculated as a function of pressure and temperature up to their critical points with the aid of a modified Enskog theory. The results are compared with the transport coefficients of other liquid metals and of non-polar and polar fluids applying the principle of corresponding states. The thermal conductivities of fluid metals along the full coexistence line are also discussed. A classification of the transport phenomena in fluids with various types of interaction forces - including expanded fluid metals - is given