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. 2011 Mar 22;6(1):247. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-247

Table 3.

Thermal conductivity of nanofluids consisting of silver nanoparticles dispersed in ethylene glycol

T/K φ/% v/v d/nm kEG/W m-1 K-1 [25] kP/W m-1 K-1 keff/W m-1 K-1 Standard deviation in keff
299.3 1 20 0.2544 123.49 0.2700 0.0052
299.9 1 30-50 0.2544 191.32 0.2701 0.0025
298.4 1 80 0.2544 263.50 0.2798 0.0023
300.8 2 20 0.2544 123.49 0.3048 0.0029
300.9 2 30-50 0.2544 191.32 0.2907 0.0023
300.5 2 80 0.2544 263.50 0.3089 0.0033