A tensor correlating the frictional force,
, opposing the motion of a particle in a viscous fluid and the velocity
of this particle relative to the fluid. In the case of an isolated spherical particle in a viscous
isotropic fluid,
is a constant and
.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
