Low viscous ZnO-propylene glycol nanofluid: A potential coolant candidate

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Suganthi, Kuppusamy Swaminathan ^a   Anusha, Natarajan ^a   Rajan, Kalpoondi Sekar ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Colloids; Hydrogen bond; Nanoparticle concentration; Viscosity; ZnO propylene glycol dispersion

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; GLYCOLS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BONDS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYOLS; PROPYLENE; VISCOSITY; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COOLING APPLICATIONS; INTER MOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDINGS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; LOWER VISCOSITIES; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

PROPYLENE GLYCOL; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; DISPERSION; FLOW KINETICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LOW TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SHEAR RATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84887014025     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1986-6     Document Type: Article

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