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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 14:43:54 -0400
To: "David Shimell (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>
From: Mike Rodriguez <mikey@ma*.co*>
Subject: RE: Trimix Question
Cc: pdisler@io*.ne*, silent@cu*.ne*, Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>

At 04:06 PM 4/20/99 +0100, David Shimell (shimell) wrote:

>I can't believe this to be true.  Higher temperatures create lesser
>viscosity and greater activity via Brownian motion.

This is incorrect.

While it is true that increasing temperature causes the
viscosity of fluids to decrease, increasing temperature
causes the viscosity of gases to *increase*.  Counter-intuitive,
but true.

-Mike Rodriguez
<mikey@ma*.co*>

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