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Calculated values of the second dielectric and refractivity virial coefficients of helium, neon, and argon.

Published by National Institute of Standards and Technology | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2020-04-23 00:00:00
Values of second dielectric and refractivity virial coefficients computed, with rigorous accounting for quantum effects, from state-of-the-art pair potentials and interaction polarizabilities. Values given at 1 K intervals (finer intervals below 10 K) for helium (both mass 3 and 4 isotopes), neon (both mass 20 and 22 isotopes), and argon (mass 40 isotope). Upper temperature limit is 2000 K in all cases. Lower temperature limit is 0.5 K for helium, 4 K for neon, 50 K for argon. These files are Supplemental information to: G. Garberoglio and A.H. Harvey, "Path-integral Calculation of the Second Dielectric and Refractivity Virial Coefficients of Helium, Neon, and Argon," published in J. Res. NIST , volume 125, article 125022 (2020) [https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.125.022], which describes how the values were calculated.

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