Effective viscosities and thermal conductivities of aqueous nanofluids containing low volume concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticles

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2651-2656

  Lee, Ji Hwan ^a   Hwang, Kyo Sik ^a   Jang, Seok Pil ^a   Lee, Byeong Ho ^a   Kim, Jun Ho ^a   Choi, Stephen U S ^b,c   Choi, Chul Jin ^d  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^d LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLES; AQUEOUS NANOFLUIDS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

ALUMINA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NANOFLUIDICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 42149161885     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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