THE THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY OF OXYGEN

NEW EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS ARE PRESENTED OF THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF OXYGEN FOR THIRTEEN ISOTHERMS AT TEMPERATURES FROM 78 TO 310 K WITH PRESSURES TO 70 MPA AND DENSITIES FROM 0 TO 40 MOL/L. THE MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE WITH A TRANSIENT HOT WIRE APPARATUS AND THEY COVER A WIDE RANGE OF PHYSICALSTATES INCLUDING THE DILUTE GAS, THE MODERATELY DENSE GAS, THE NEAR CRITICAL REGION, THE COMPRESSED LIQUID STATES, AND THE VAPOR AT TEMPERATURES BELOW THE CRITICAL TEMPERATURE. THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SURFACE IS REPRESENTED WITH AN EQUATION THAT IS BASED IN PART ON AN EXISTING CORRELATION OF THE DILUTE GAS. THE DATA ARE COMPARED WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF OTHERS THROUGH THE NEW CORRELATION. THE NEW MEASUREMENTS SHOW THAT THE CRITICAL ENHANCEMENT EXTENDS TO QUITE HIGH TEMPERATURES, ABOUT 300 K.