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Figure 18: Profiles of the quality factor (Q; see Table 2), viscosity, and electrical conductivity as functions of depth. The quality factor is determined for shear waves at frequencies of one to 100 hertz (periods of one to 0.01 second).

Figure 5: The viscosity of representative silica glasses at varying temperatures.

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Figure 18: Profiles of the quality factor (Q; see Table 2), viscosity, and electrical conductivity as functions of depth. The quality factor is determined for shear waves at frequencies of one to 100 hertz (periods of one to 0.01 second).

Figure 5: The viscosity of representative silica glasses at varying temperatures.

Why some volcanic eruptions are more explosive than others

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superfluidity coefficient of viscosity dynamic viscosity bulk viscosity kinematic viscosity viscosity index friction fluid flow poise Stokes’s law radiation radioactivity relativity cluster isomerism phase elasticity entropy polarity heat

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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet

British mathematician and physicist

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Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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