Transport properties of ground state oxygen atoms

The transport properties of dilute monatomic gases depend on the two-body interactions between like atoms. When two ground-state oxygen atoms interact, they can follow any of 18 potential energy curves corresponding to O2, all of which contribute to the transport properties of the ground-state atoms. Transport collision integrals have been calculated for those interactions with an attractive minimum in the potential, and repulsive ab initio potential-energy curves have been accurately represented. Results are given for viscosity, thermal conductivity, and diffusion and they are compared with previous theoretical calculations.