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Ultrasonics—An Effective Non-invasive Tool to Characterize Nanofluids

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Nanofluids are smart colloidal suspensions of fine nanomaterials in the size range of 1–100 nm in base fluids. For the last few years, nanofluids have been an important focus of research, due to their superior thermo physical properties and promising heat transfer applications. Regardless of various experimental studies, it is still unclear whether the thermal conductivity enhancement in nanofluids is anomalous, or lies within the predictions of theoretical models. Moreover, most of the reported values on their thermo physical properties are inconsistent, due to the complexity associated with the surface chemistry of nanofluids. In this chapter, the versatility of ultrasonics, as an effective non-invasive tool in characterizing nanofluids, is discussed. The chapter encompasses the significance and measurement methods of various ultrasonic parameters. The ultrasonic investigations, being non-invasive in nature, highly efficient and relatively cheap, can provide a powerful means to explore complex colloidal systems, like nanofluids and ferrofluids.

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Nabeel Rashin, M., Hemalatha, J. (2017). Ultrasonics—An Effective Non-invasive Tool to Characterize Nanofluids. In: Suzuki, J., Nakano, T., Moore, M. (eds) Modeling, Methodologies and Tools for Molecular and Nano-scale Communications. Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technologies, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50688-3_16

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