Dependence of thermal diffusivity on particle size in Au nano-fluid
R. ZAMIRI1,*
,
A. ZAKARIA1,
E. SHAHRIARI1,
W. MAHMOOD MAT YUNUS1,
K. NAGHAVI1,
E. SAION1,
M. ADZIR MAHDI2,
M. SHAHRIL HUSIN1
Affiliation
- Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Malaysia
- Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract
In this paper we report the measurement of thermal diffusivity of gold nanofluid prepared by γ-radiation with various particle sizes ranging from 7.0 nm to 18.7 nm. The thermal lens technique is used to measure thermal diffusivity of gold nano-fluid. In this technique a diode laser (wavelength 514 nm, power 80 mW) and He-Ne laser were used as the excitation source and probe beam respectively. Experimental results showed that thermal diffusivity values of nanofluid increase when the particle size increase.
Keywords
Thermal diffusivity, Au, Nano-fluid, Particle size.
Citation
R. ZAMIRI, A. ZAKARIA, E. SHAHRIARI, W. MAHMOOD MAT YUNUS, K. NAGHAVI, E. SAION, M. ADZIR MAHDI, M. SHAHRIL HUSIN, Dependence of thermal diffusivity on particle size in Au nano-fluid, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 10, October 2010, pp.1551-1553 (2010).
Submitted at: April 17, 2010
Accepted at: Oct. 14, 2010