Investigation on the stability, viscosity and extinction coefficient of CuO-Al2O3/Water binary mixture nanofluid

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 122-129

  Menbari, Amir ^a   Alemrajabi, Ali Akbar ^a   Ghayeb, Yousef ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Binary nanofluid; Direct absorption; Extinction coefficient; Stability; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BINARY MIXTURES; BINS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MIXTURES; NANOPARTICLES; STABILITY; VISCOSITY;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; BINARY NANOFLUID; BINARY NANOFLUIDS; DIRECT ABSORPTION; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; OPTIMAL STABILITY; STABILITY PARAMETERS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84951848786     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2015.11.025     Document Type: Article

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