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Q: Physics - Thermal Conductivity ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Physics - Thermal Conductivity
Category: Science > Physics
Asked by: fredfz-ga
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Posted: 09 Oct 2005 16:09 PDT
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Question ID: 578288
How does Hydrogen gas thermal conductivity vary with temperature. 
What is the theoretical basis of this variation?
Can you point to any applicable references?
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Subject: Re: Physics - Thermal Conductivity
From: grayentropy-ga on 10 Oct 2005 19:33 PDT
 
Heat transfer in gasses occur with intermoleculer collisions.
Gases thermal conductivity will increase with temperature because
intermoleculer interactions will increase at elevated temperatures
(brownian motion).

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/thercond.html
Subject: Re: Physics - Thermal Conductivity
From: hfshaw-ga on 12 Oct 2005 15:28 PDT
 
A simple analysis of the heat transported a static ideal gas results
in the following expression for the heat capacity:

  K = n*<c>*l*c_v/3

(see <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/thercond.html>)

where K is the thermal conductivity [J/(cm*s*deg)], 
n is the density of the gas [moles/cm^3],
<c> is the average speed of the gas particles [cm/s],
l is the mean free path of the gas particles [cm], and
c_v is the specific heat capacity at constant volume [J/(mol*deg)]

Several of these quanties depend on temperature.  Specifically, for an
ideal gas, the distribution of molecular speeds is given by the
Maxwell Distribution.  For a given temperature, the average speed of
this distribution is given by:

<c>(T) = (8*R*T/pi*M)^1/2

(see <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/kintem.html>

where R is the gas constant {J/(mol*deg)],
T is the absolute temperature [(deg)], and
M is the molar mass of the gas [grams/mol]

For an ideal diatomic gas, there is the well-known result that the
constant-volume heat capacity is given by:

c_v = 5/2*R

(see <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/shegas.html#c2>)

Plugging these expressions into the equation for K results in the
following expression for the thermal conductivity as a function of
temperature:

K(T) = 5/3 * n * l * {(2* R^2 * T)/(pi * M)}^1/2

So the thermal conductivity of a given ideal diatomic gas at constant
density (i.e., constant volume and number of gas molecules) should be
proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature.

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