Effect of magnetic and electric fields on the transport properties of polyatomic gases. III. Mixed second order effect on the shear viscosity of rigid rotors in a magnetic field

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Abstract
The Senftleben‐Beenakker effect on the shear viscosity coefficients of a rigid rotor in a homogeneous magnetic field is treated in detail. Quantum and classical limit equations, valid for any intermolecular potential with a given functional dependence upon the angles between colliding molecules, are presented for this effect. Experimental measurements of this effect should lead, through the equations presented, to detailed information about anisotropic intermolecular potentials. As an example, calculations using a crude intermolecular potential to represent N2 are in reasonable agreement with experiment. The Senftleben‐Beenakker effect on shear viscosity is shown to be of mixed second order in the potential anisotropy.