Characterization of temperature dependence of interfacial tension and viscosity of nanofluid

2008 Proceedings of the ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference, MNHT 2008

Volumn PART A, Issue , 2008, Pages 545-548

  Murshed, S M Sohel ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Interfacial tension; Nanofluids; Surface tension; Temperature; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL TENSION; NANOFLUIDS; TEMPERATURE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 49449097817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHT2008-52171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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