The Statistical Mechanical Theory of Transport Processes. VI. A Calculation of the Coefficients of Shear and Bulk Viscosity of Liquids

Abstract

The theory of the coefficients of shear and bulk viscosity of liquids developed in the third article of this series is applied to the calculation of the coefficients of viscosity of liquid argon at its normal boiling point. The theory of the bulk viscosity, including a previously omitted term due to the rate of dilatation, is presented. With the use of the Lennard-Jones potential, a radial distribution function which is a much better approximation than the previously used one, and a new approximation to the friction constant, values are obtained for the coefficients of viscosity.