Experimental investigations on thermal conductivity of water and Al 2O3 nanofluids at low concentrations

International Journal of Nanoparticles

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-315

  Sekhar, Y Raja ^a   Sharma, K V ^b   Naik, M T ^a   Sundar, L Syam ^a  

^a JNTUH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Density; Low volume concentration; Temperature dependent; Thermal conductivity; Water based nanofluids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867882822     PISSN: 17532507     EISSN: 17532515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNP.2012.049908     Document Type: Article

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