Specific heat capacity of molten salt-based alumina nanofluid

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Lu, Ming Chang ^a   Huang, Chien Hsun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Molten salt; Nanofluid; Nanolayer; Specific heat capacity (SHC)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FUSED SALTS; NANOFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

MOLTEN SALT; NANO LAYERS; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; REDUCING PARTICLE; SIZE DEPENDENT;

SPECIFIC HEAT;

EID: 84881229370     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-292     Document Type: Article

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