Transport coefficients of multi-component mixtures of noble gases based on ab initio potentials: Viscosity and thermal conductivity

Abstract

The viscosity and thermal conductivity of binary, ternary, and quaternary mixtures of helium, neon, argon, and krypton at low density are computed for wide ranges of temperatures and molar fractions, applying the Chapman–Enskog method. Ab initio interatomic potentials are employed in order to calculate the omega-integrals. The relative numerical errors of the viscosity and thermal conductivity do not exceed 10−6 and 10−5, respectively. The relative uncertainty related to the interatomic potential is about 0.1%. A comparison of the present data with results reported in other papers available in the literature shows a significant improvement of accuracy of the transport coefficients considered here.