Surface tension of nanofluid-type fuels containing suspended nanomaterials

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tanvir, Saad ^a   Qiao, Li ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic force; Nanofluids; Surface tension; Van der waals force

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; ETHANOL FUELS; FREE ENERGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOPARTICLES; PARAFFINS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PENDANT DROP METHODS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; SURFACTANT LAYERS; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84860672189     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-226     Document Type: Article

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