Dynamic viscosity measurement in non-Newtonian graphite nanofluids

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Duan, Fei ^a   Wong, T F ^a   Crivoi, A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dynamic viscosity; Graphite nanofluids; Nanoparticle aggregation; Non newtonian flow

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR THINNING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; EFFECTIVE DYNAMICS; GRAPHITE STRUCTURES; NANOFLUIDS; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIORS; PARTICLE VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 84864001356     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-360     Document Type: Article

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