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Cautions required for the boiling test of a silver–water nanofluid

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Various experimental works have been reported on boiling of nanofluids, and some contradictory data are reported in this case in the literature. Systematic errors in experiments may be one of the factors causing a significant gap in the data. In this paper, boiling of Ag–water nanofluid is studied empirically. A NiCr wire is used for the experiments. According to UV–Vis absorption spectra data, Ag–water nanofluid changes during the tests. Since the electrical resistance–temperature relationship for the NiCr test section changes during the experiments, the wire temperature cannot be determined by this method. This can be accounted for by the presence of a porous nanoparticle layer created through particle deposition during nucleate boiling.

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  1. Atomic and Molecular Group, Faculty of Physics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

    Hassan Zareshahi & Abbas Behjat

  2. Central Iran Research Complex, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI), Yazd, Iran

    Hassan Zareshahi & Majid Emami-Meibodi

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Zareshahi, H., Emami-Meibodi, M. & Behjat, A. Cautions required for the boiling test of a silver–water nanofluid. Heat Mass Transfer 52, 2895–2900 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-016-1796-3

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