Beschreibung:
A classical calculation of polar gas rotational relaxation times is carried out based on the volume viscosity definition of the relaxation time. The calculation demonstrates that the volume viscosity relaxation time agrees with the relaxation time based on an energy relaxation equation through third order in perturbation. An examination of thermal conductivity data shows that the extraction of rotational collision numbers from such measurements is highly suspect. On the other hand, it might be possible to determine internal diffusion coefficients from thermal conductivity measurements when rotational collision numbers can be obtained from other sources.