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Title: Facile synthetic strategy of oleophilic zirconia nanoparticles allows preparation of highly stable thermo-conductive coolant
Authors: Sreeremya, T S
Asha Krishnan
Lakshmi Narayan Satapathy
Ghosh, Swapankumar
Keywords: nanoparticles
coolant
Issue Date: 13-Jun-2014
Publisher: RSC Advances
Citation: Royal Society of Chemistry 4(53):28020-28028
Abstract: We report a simple one-step method of fabricating monodisperse zirconium oxide nanoparticles by decomposing a zirconium oleate complex in a high boiling organic solvent. The X-ray and transmission electron microscopy of nanocrystals indicated the formation of monoclinic zirconia. The surfactant capped zirconia nanoparticles produced excellent dispersions in oils. The suitability of the nanofluids in heat transport was carefully investigated by measuring suspension stability, thermal conductivity and viscosity as a function of temperature. The effect of particle loading and temperature on the thermal conductivity of the oil based nanofluids and other promising features indicated potential application of ZrO2based nanofluids in the heat transport sector. A thermal conductivity enhancement of 10.3% was achieved with 1.7 vol% zirconia nanoparticle loading at room temperature. The TC of the nanofluids was remarkably higher than the same predicted by Maxwell and Hamilton–Crosser models
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2387
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