Kinetic Theory of Dense Fluid Mixtures. I. Square-Well Model

Abstract

The transport properties are described of a two‐component dense fluid mixture of particles interacting with a square‐well potential. The Chapman—Enskog method of solution is used to obtain the coefficients of thermal conduction, thermal diffusion, mutual diffusion, self‐diffusion, and viscosity. The forms of these coefficients are found to be very similar to those obtained by Thorne for a dense mixture of rigid spheres. Onsager's relation is found to be satisfied for the Dufour and Soret effects.