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Details the calculation of second and third using cluster integral methods to account for non-ideal gas behavior.
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Modern textbooks give you the formula for viscosity. Hirschfelder gives you the collision integrals (Ω^(2,2)*) as a function of reduced temperature for 11 different potential functions. If you are modeling a real gas mixture—say, CO₂ and CH₄ at high pressure—you need these tables. No other single source compiles them so completely.