@article{31241,
  author = {Ravi S Prasher and David W Song and Jinlin Wang and Patrick E Phelan},
  title = {Measurements of nanofluid viscosity and its implications for thermal applications},
  abstract = {<p><span>Experimental results on the&nbsp;</span>viscosity<span>&nbsp;of alumina-based nanofluids are reported for various&nbsp;</span>shear rates,<span>&nbsp;temperature,&nbsp;</span>nanoparticle<span>&nbsp;diameter, and&nbsp;</span>nanoparticle<span>&nbsp;volume fraction. From the data it seems that the increase in the nanofluid&nbsp;</span>viscosity<span>&nbsp;is higher than the enhancement in the&nbsp;</span>thermal conductivity<span>&nbsp;as reported in the literature. It is shown, however, that the&nbsp;</span>viscosity<span>&nbsp;has to be increased by more than a factor of 4—relative to the increase in thermal&nbsp;</span>conductivity—to<span>&nbsp;make the nanofluid thermal performance worse than that of the base fluid.</span></p>},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Appl. Phys. Lett.},
  volume = {89},
  month = {09/2006},
  publisher = {aip.scitation.org},
  doi = {10.1063/1.2356113},
  language = {eng},
}