Experimental investigation of the effective electrical conductivity of aluminum oxide nanofluids

Powder Technology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-330

  Ganguly, Suvankar ^a   Sikdar, Sudipta ^a   Basu, Somnath ^a  

^a TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Effective electrical conductivity; Enhancement; Nanofluid; Nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; EFFECTIVE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; NANOFLUID; NANOFLUIDS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NANOPARTICLES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITRATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 70349462796     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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