Abstract
Thermal lens spectrometry (TLS) and photopyroelectric (PPE) techniques were used to obtain the thermal diffusivity and effusivity of different nanofluid samples. The thermal effusivity of these samples was obtained by the PPE technique in a front detection configuration. In the case of the determination of the thermal diffusivity, TLS was used for the different solvents in the presence of gold nanoparticles (nanofluids). In this technique, an Ar+ laser and intensity stabilized He–Ne laser were used as the heating source and probe beam, respectively. The experimental results showed that thermal diffusivity values of the studied solvents (water, ethanol, and ethylene glycol) were enhanced by the presence of gold nanoparticles. Comparisons with literature values show good agreement with pure solvents. These techniques are applicable for all kind of liquid samples, including semitransparent ones.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Keblinski P., Eastman J.A., Cahill D.G.: Mater. Today 8, 36 (2005)
Dadariat D., Visser H., Bicanic D.: Meas. Sci. Technol. 6, 1215 (1995)
Kreibig U., Vollmer M.: Optical Properties of Metal Clusters. Springer, Berlin (1995)
Mulvaney P.: Langmuir 12, 788 (1996)
Shon G., Simon U.: Colloid Polym. Sci. 12, 202 (1995)
Edelstein A.S., Cammarata R.C.: Nanoparticles Synthesis Properties and Application. Institute of Physics Pub, Bristol (1996)
Shen J., Lowe R.D., Snook R.D.: Chem. Phys. 165, 385 (1992)
Dadarlat D., Neamtu C., Surducan E., Hardj Sahraoui A., Longuemart S., Bicamic D.: Instrum. Sci. Technol. 30, 387 (2002)
Longuemart S., Garcia Quiroz A., Dadarlat D., Hardj Sahraoui A., Marc Busine J., Correa da Silva E., Mansanares A.M., Filipand X., Neamtu C.: Instrum. Sci. Technol. 30, 157 (2002)
Mandelis A.: Chem. Phys. Lett. 108, 388 (1984)
Mandelis A., Zver M.: J. Appl. Phys. 57, 4421 (1985)
Caerels J., Glorieux C., Thoen J.: Instrum. Sci. Technol. 69, 2452 (1998)
Jiménez Pérez J.L. , Sánchez Ramírez J.F. , Gutiérrez Fuentes R., Cruz Orea A., Herrera Pérez J.L.: Braz. J. Phys. 36, 1025 (2006)
Park J., Privman V., Matijevic E.: J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 11630 (2001)
R.C. Weast, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 67th edn. (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1986–1987)
Bindhu C.V., Harilal S.S., Nampoori V.P.N., Vallabhan C.P.G.: Mod. Phys. Lett. B 13, 563 (1999)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Jiménez-Pérez, J.L., Cruz-Orea, A., Sánchez-Ramírez, J.F. et al. Thermal Characterization of Nanofluids with Different Solvents. Int J Thermophys 30, 1227–1233 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-009-0623-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-009-0623-1