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Scripta Materialia

Volume 55, Issue 6, September 2006, Pages 549-552
Scripta Materialia

Synthesis and characterization of nanofluid for advanced heat transfer applications

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Nanofluid is prepared by dispersing about 0.2–2.0 vol.% nanocrystalline Al70Cu30 particles in ethylene glycol. The size/microstructure of the nanoparticles are characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy, and the thermal conductivity of the nanofluid is measured using a modified thermal comparator. An improvement of up to two times in conductivity is recorded.

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