Investigation of electrical conductivity of titanium dioxide nanofluids

International Journal of Nanoparticles

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-349

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

^a TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

Author keywords

EDL; Electrical conductivity; Electrical double layer; Nanofluid; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857243025     PISSN: 17532507     EISSN: 17532515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2011.043496     Document Type: Article

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