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Experimental investigation of the rheological behavior and viscosity of decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes with TiO2 nanoparticles/water nanofluids

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The effects of temperature and concentration on the flow behavior and viscosity of nanofluids containing TiO2 nanoparticles, pristine MWCNTs, oxidized MWCNTs and decorated MWCNTs with TiO2 nanoparticles are experimentally investigated. The results of rheological characteristics of nanofluids revealed that nanofluid of TiO2 nanoparticle and MWCNT–TiO2 exhibits shear thickening or dilatant behavior. In contrast, nanofluids containing pristine and oxidized MWCNTs depict the shear thinning or pseudoplastic behavior. Also results demonstrated that the rheological characteristics of nanofluids are functions of temperature and concentration, whereas the viscosity of all prepared nanofluids decreases with increasing the temperature and decreasing the concentration. In addition, the results show that the oxidation of MWCNTs in nitric acid leads to the reduction in viscosity. The rheological behavior of decorated MWCNTs illustrates that viscosity decreases by increasing the attached TiO2 nanoparticles. TEM results show that TiO2 nanoparticles successfully attached to the outer surface of oxidized MWCNTs.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the help given by Mrs. R. Pesyan from Central Research Laboratory of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Mrs. Z. Zaferani from Research Institute of Food Science and Technology (RIFST).

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Azadi Square, Mashhad, Iran

    Sedigheh Abbasi & Seyed Hossein Noie Baghban

  2. Esfarayen University of Technology, Esfarayen, North Khorasan, Iran

    Sedigheh Abbasi & Mehri-Saddat Ekrami-Kakhki

  3. Department of Material Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

    Seyed Mojtaba Zebarjad

  4. Par-e-Tavous Research Institute, Mashhad, Iran

    Abbas Youssefi

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Abbasi, S., Zebarjad, S.M., Baghban, S.H.N. et al. Experimental investigation of the rheological behavior and viscosity of decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes with TiO2 nanoparticles/water nanofluids. J Therm Anal Calorim 123, 81–89 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4878-4

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