Measurements on the viscosity of oxygen gas at liquid oxygen temperatures

Abstract

Summary The viscosity of oxygen gas was measured at liquid oxygen temperatures. The method used for the experiments is described. The results are given in table II and represented in fig. 2. Table I contains the results of control measurements with hydrogen, oxygen, and air free of carbon dioxide, at ordinary temperatures. We made also a few measurements concerning hydrogen and nitrogen at liquid oxygen temperatures (table II). The same as for hydrogen and helium, a great rate of decrease of the viscosity as a function of temperature is found for oxygen at low temperatures.