The temperature-jump problem based on the linearized Boltzmann equation for a binary mixture of rigid spheres

An analytical version of the discrete-ordinates method (the ADO method) is used with recently reported analytical forms for the rigid-sphere scattering kernels to establish a concise and particularly accurate solution to the temperature-jump problem for a binary gas mixture described by the linearized Boltzmann equation. The solution yields, in addition to the temperature-jump coefficient for the general (specular-diffuse) case of Maxwell boundary conditions for each of the two species, the density, the temperature and the heat-flow profiles for both types of particles. Numerical results are reported for two binary mixtures (Ne-Ar and He-Xe) with various molar concentrations. (c) 2006 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.