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Conductivity as a function of acid concentration

I have conducted an experiment measuring the conductivity of both hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid in solution respectively, with varying concentration. Wikipedia as well as a question on the site suggests a $\sqrt{c}$ relationship is viable. However, my data resembles this:

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Clearly not a simple $\sqrt{c}$. It reminds me of the inverse gamma distribution. I have tried looking at papers by Onsager on his conductivity theory, but they're unclear, and he doesn't propose a function. Are there any papers that look at accurately modelling conductivity as a function of concentration which exhibit this form? Obviously for low concentrations (e.g. 1-2 molar), a linear or $\sqrt{c}$ would suffice.