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The transport of a given species (atoms, molecules, neutrons, photons, etc. ), either through its own kind or through some other host medium, is a problem of considerable interest. Practical applications may be found in many technologically and environmentally relevant areas such as the transport of neutrons in a nuclear power reactor or in a nuclear weapon, the transport of ions and electrons in plasma, the transport of photons which constitutes radiative heat transfer in various industrial, environmental and space applications, the transport of atoms or molecules of one species either through itself or as one component of a multi-component gas mixture, and the interactions of such gas mixtures with various solid and liquid surfaces such as one might find associated with capillary tubes, aerosol particles, interstellar dust grains, etc. . These application areas are obviously quite broad and it is readily apparent that there are, indeed, few scientific activities that do not require some level of understanding of transport processes. One of the most important and influential texts in the area of transport theory has been The Mathematical Theory of Non-Uniform Gases by Sidney Chapman and T. G. Cowling that was first printed in 1939. This book, along with several other more recent texts (Hirschfelder, J. O. , Curtiss, C. F. and Bird, R. B. , Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1954; Kogan, M. N.

Boundary value problems. --- Gases --- Kinetic theory of gases --- Rarefied gas dynamics. --- Transport properties. --- Mathematics. --- Superaerodynamics --- Fluid dynamics (Space environment) --- Gas dynamics --- Gases, Kinetic theory of --- Molecular theory --- Statistical mechanics --- Fluids --- Matter --- Gas laws (Physical chemistry) --- Pneumatics --- Boundary conditions (Differential equations) --- Differential equations --- Functions of complex variables --- Mathematical physics --- Initial value problems --- Properties --- Thermodynamics. --- Engineering. --- Chemical engineering. --- Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films. --- Classical and Continuum Physics. --- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. --- Chemistry, Industrial --- Engineering, Chemical --- Industrial chemistry --- Engineering --- Chemistry, Technical --- Metallurgy --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Heat --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Interfaces (Physical sciences). --- Thin films. --- Continuum physics. --- Heat engineering. --- Heat transfer. --- Mass transfer. --- Fluids. --- Hydraulics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Mass transport (Physics) --- Thermodynamics --- Transport theory --- Heat transfer --- Thermal transfer --- Transmission of heat --- Energy transfer --- Mechanical engineering --- Classical field theory --- Continuum physics --- Continuum mechanics --- Films, Thin --- Solid film --- Solid state electronics --- Solids --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Coatings --- Thick films --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Physics) --- Interfaces (Physical sciences) --- Field theory (Physics) --- Transmission.