Examination of viscosities for the fluids in the system H 2 O-NaCl predicted by 12 the commonly-used model of Palliser and McKibbin has identified regions of pressure-13 temperature-salinity (PTx) space in which the model delivers values that are inconsistent 14 with some experimental data and exhibits discontinuities and trends that are unexpected. 15Here, we describe a revised empirical model to calculate viscosity of H 2 O-NaCl fluids that 16shows good correlation with experimental values and shows trends that are consistent with 17 known or expected behavior outside of the region where experimental data are available. 18The model described here is valid over the temperature range from the H 2 O solidus (~0 19 °C) to ~1,000 °C, from ~0.1 MPa to ≤500 MPa, and for salinities from 0-100 wt.% NaCl. 20 21 Keywords H 2 O-NaCl fluid, viscosity, transport properties, numerical model 22 While the one-component system H 2 O is a reasonable approximation for the 41 composition of many low-salinity aqueous hydrothermal fluids, the fact that H 2 O is a one-42 component system results in a phase topology that differs significantly from that of multi-43 component fluids. An important difference in phase topology of the one component H 2 O 44 system, compared to multi-component fluid systems, is that in a one component system 45 liquid and vapor only coexist along the liquid-vapor equilibrium curve that terminates at a 46 critical end point (Figure 1a; C.P.), beyond which only a single-phase (supercritical) fluid 47 may exist. Additionally, at temperatures above the critical temperature in a one-component 48 system such as H 2 O, all physical and thermodynamic properties of the fluid vary smoothly 49 and continuously with changing temperature and pressure, and no discontinuities in fluid 50 properties occur. Over the past several decades, a large experimental database describing 51