Investigation of the effect of multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the viscosity index of lube oil cuts

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 997-1007

  Vakili Nezhaad, G R ^a   Dorany, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Multiwalled carbon nanotube; Nanoadditives; Nanofluids; UV vis spectrum; Viscosity index

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LINEAR-FLUID THEORY; LUBE OIL; NANO-FLUID; NANOADDITIVES; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; UV-VIS SPECTRUM; VISCOSITY INDEX;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NANOFLUIDICS; RELATIVITY; VISCOSITY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 70449408108     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: 15635201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986440902797865     Document Type: Article

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