Heat conduction through CO2 and N2O gases

Abstract

Theory of Saxena, Saksena and Gambhir has been extended to include polyatomic gases having more than one relaxation time. The results have been compared with experiment for CO2 and N2O. Theories of Monchick, Pereira and Mason, Hirschfelder, and others have also been considered. In the case of CO2 all theories fit equally well with experiment while for N2O the expression given in this paper is preferable.