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INVESTIGATIONS on the viscosity of liquids and gases showed that the viscosity at the critical point,ηc, should be given by where K is a universal constant, pc is the critical density, Tc is the absolute critical temperature, and M is the molecular weight.
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GRUNBERG, L., NISSAN, A. Critical Temperature and Molecular Weight of n-Paraffins. Nature 161, 170–171 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161170a0
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