Mechanical dispersion of nanoparticles and its effect on the specific heat capacity of impure binary nitrate salt mixtures

Nanomaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1136-1146

  Lasfargues, Mathieu ^a   Geng, Qiao ^b   Cao, Hui ^b   Ding, Yulong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Molten salt; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937611590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano5031136     Document Type: Article

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