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Nanofluids consist of a suspension of very small metallic like particles suspended in a carrier fluid. Typically these fluids are manufactured by using a suspension of copper, Cu, copper oxide, CuO, or aluminium oxide, Al2O3, in water or ethylene glycol, cf. (Vadasz et al., 2005), (Kwak and Kim, 2005), (Wong and Kurma, 2008), or by creating a suspension of carbon nanotubes in an appropriate oil, cf. (Vadasz et al., 2005).
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Straughan, B. (2011). Thermal convection in nanofluids. In: Heat Waves. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 177. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0493-4_8
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