Mike

As you say, counter intuitive - I will have to take your word for it - but I
suppose it is understandable in a closed vessel which the increase in
pressure due to the temperature increase.

David Shimell
Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Sandton, South Africa.
Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> 

-----Original Message-----
From:	Mike Rodriguez [SMTP:mikey@ma*.co*]
Sent:	Tuesday, April 20, 1999 8:44 PM
To:	David Shimell (shimell)
Cc:	pdisler@io*.ne*; silent@cu*.ne*; Tech Diver
Subject:	RE: Trimix Question

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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