NON-EXTENSIVE VISCOELASTIC THEORY .4. FIR ST EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE SIMPLE THEORY WITH TRANSLATIONAL MODES

This paper describes the first tests of the non-extensive visco-elasti c theory with translational modes developed in (III), using viscosity, self-diffusion, shear elasticity, thermal conductivity and surface te nsion literature data of several liquids, namely water, organic solven ts and a nematics, for which numerous data exist in the literature. As in the rotational case (I, II), a remarkable qualitative and quantita tive agreement is obtained. The influence of translational-rotational coupling on the how is examined for the nematics and for water. The ob tained results, of equivalent importance as those obtained previouly i n (II), are more spectacular in the sense that they concern more commo n substances. If the proposed description is accepted, important chang es in the meaning of some physical concepts are necessarily implied.