Behavior of Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity

This paper reviews the experimental information on the behavior of the viscosity and thermal conductivity of fluids near the critical point. Section 2 presents some general remarks on experimental complications associated with the measurement of these properties in the critical region. Experimental work on the viscosity of one component fluids near the liquid-vapor critical point is reviewed in section 3. The thermal conductivity of one component fluids is considered in section 4. The behavior of the viscosity and thermal conductivity in binary liquid mixtures near the critical mixing point is discussed in sections 5 and 6, respectively. Section 7 is a summary of conclusions based on these experimental results.