Singh, Pawan K. ; Anoop, K. B. ; Patel, H. E. ; Sundararajan, T. ; Pradeep, T. ; Das, Sarit K. (2010) Anomalous size dependent rheological behavior of alumina based nanofluids International Journal of Micro-Nano Scale Transport, 1 (2). pp. 179-188. ISSN 1759-3093
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Abstract
Rheological characteristics of alumina (Al2O3) nanofluids (NFs) were found to exhibit an unexpected behavior. Two base-fluids viz, water and ethylene glycols (EG) with particles of average diameter of 11, 45 and 150 nm were examined. An anomalous reduction in viscosity compared to that of the base fluid was seen for EG based NFs. However, viscosity reduction was absent in water based NFs. The inter-related effects of particle size, concentration and mode of dispersion (mono or poly-dispersed) were investigated. Particle migration under shear is attributed to the reduction of viscosity. The increase in bulk viscosity with particle size reduction is attributed to the surface forces acting between the particles and the medium in a suspension and the increase of effective volume with size.
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| Deposited On: | 10 Dec 2010 12:42 |
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