A new heat propagation velocity prevails over Brownian particle velocities in determining the thermal conductivities of nanofluids

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

  Kihm, Kenneth D ^a,c   Chon, Chan Hee ^b   Lee, Joon Sik ^c   Choi, Stephen U S ^d  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOFLUIDICS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

BROWNIAN PARTICLES; COAGULATION EFFECTS; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTENDED RANGE; HEAT PROPAGATION; KINETIC PRINCIPLES; NANOFLUIDS; TRANSFER VELOCITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84862961075     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-361     Document Type: Article

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