This program can be copied and pasted into the Matlab editor and saved as 'viscosity.m' in order to be able to run it.

function MU = viscosity (T,state,index)

%   function MU = viscosity(T,state,index)
%
% Argument List:
%   T     [=] temperature in the units of Tdeg
%   state [=] state of the compound ('l' for liquid, 'v' for vapor)
%   index [=] index of compounds in cnms whose viscosities are to be found
%              (If this argument is omitted, all viscosities will be found.)
%   Returns:
%   MU    [=] viscosity in units of kg/m/s
%
%   Chapman-Enskog formula for viscosity of monatomic and polyatomic gases
%
%   Ex:  >> start301 (specify new session, E&M balances, ceng301 data base, 
%        K as temp,  1 compound: air)
%      >> viscosity(298,'v')
%ans =
%   1.8356e-05				
% 
% Empirical correlation for viscosity of liquids
%
% Ex:  >> start301 (specify new session, E&M balances, ceng301 data base, 
%        K as temp,  1 compound: water)
%      >> viscosity(298,'l')
%ans =
%   9.1083e-4      Created 4/13/2003 Shannon Duffy and Ternika Gibson

global mw lvp Tdeg 

if state=='v'
lj = checklj;
T=at(T);
if nargin==2
  [omega_mu k D] = omegacalc(T./lj(:,2));
  MU = 2.6693e-6 * sqrt(mw*T) ./ (lj(:,1).^2.*omega_mu);
else
  [omega_mu k D] = omegacalc(T./lj(index,2));
  MU = 2.6693e-6 * sqrt(mw(index)*T) ./ (lj(index,1).^2.*omega_mu);
end
end


if state=='l'
if Tdeg=='F'
  T=(T-32)/1.8+273.15;
elseif Tdeg=='R'
  T=T/1.8;
elseif Tdeg=='C'
  T=T+273.15;
end

if nargin == 2
   MU=exp(lvp(:,1)+lvp(:,2)/T+lvp(:,3)*T+lvp(:,4)*T^2)/1000;
else
   MU=exp(lvp(index,1)+lvp(index,2)/T+lvp(index,3)*T+lvp(index,4)*T^2)/1000;
end

end


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