CALCULATION OF THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES Problem Statement The thermal conductivity of ideal gases can be theoretically predicted from the kinetic theory of gases. For a one component (pure) gas of molecular weight M and temperature T, the thermal conductivity, k, in W/m."K is given by: M 8.322X 10-2 where and are the characteristic diarmeter and the interaction parameters (Lennard- Jones) of the gas (see page 2). For a gas mixture of n species, it can be calculated from: n xiki in which Mi where is viscosity, and xi and xj are the mole fractions of species i and j, respectively. Write a computer program for calculating the thermal conductivity of pure gases and gas mixtures containing up to 5 components at any given temperature. Test Data Calculate the conductivity of the following gas mixture at 373 K. Species Mole Fraction00 Ar N2 0.05 CO2 0.10 0.8