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"Previous chapters of this volume dealt with the transport properties of nonreacting mixtures. However, there are several systems of scientific and industrial interest that involve chemical reactions between some of the atoms or molecules present. This fact modifies the values of the transport properties of these systems because there are additional processes of heat and mass transfer caused by the existence of the chemical reaction. The simplest kind of system where chemical reaction is present is an alkali metal vapour, where dimerization of atoms takes place, with a temperature- and pressuredependent composition. This fact, allied to the high-temperature domain of the application of these vapors, makes the determination of the transport properties of these systems very challenging from a theoretical point of view. […]".
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This chapter is dedicated to the memory of Professor V. B. Vargaftik (1904-1994) for his outstanding contributions in the field of thermophysical properties of alkali metal vapors.
Keywords
Alkali Metal Vapours Reacting Mixtures Viscosity Thermal Conductivity Thermal Diffusion Ratio
Citation
Fialho, Paulo; Ramires, Maria L.V.; Nieto de Castro, C. A.; Fareleira, João M.N.A.«Reacting Mixtures at Low Density - Alkali Metal Vapours», In "Transport Properties of Fluids. Their Correlation, Prediction and Estimation", 400-419, ISBN: 978-0521461788. Oxford: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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Cambridge University Press