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Winter, T. G.

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Acoustical studies of rotational relaxation in gases.

It is shown that the use of ultrasonics for studying rotational relaxation involved two major unresolved problems. First, the data are not very precise, because rotational relaxation at room temperature occurs usually at frequencies above 300 MHz/atm, at which the absorption due to viscosity and thermal conductivity is much greater than that due to relaxation. The second problem is that simple relaxation theory is not applicable to the relaxation of systems whose rotational energy levels are not evenly spaced. The need for an improved theory is emphasized.

Winter, T. G.

Ultrasonic absorption in H2S

Ultrasonic absorption in hydrogen sulfide, measuring vibrational and rotational relaxation times as function of temperature

Bass, H. E.

Precautions with classical absorption

Ultrasonic absorption in gaseous molecular relaxation processes, considering error due to neglecting thermal conductivity effect on frequency dependence

Bass, H. E.