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Stability of nanofluids is one of the major challenges for their real-world applications and benefits. Although ultrasonication and addition of surfactant are commonly used to obtain better stability of nanofluids, there is a lack of adequate knowledge on the effects of various parameters and duration of ultrasonication as well as some other influences of surfactant. The effect of ultrasonication on the dispersion of nanoparticles and agitation as well as temperature on the thermal conductivity measurements of aqueous TiO2 nanofluids was experimentally studied. An UV–Vis absorbance analysis was performed to identify the degree of dispersion of nanoparticles (stability) and also to determine the right amplitude as well as the duration of the ultrasonication. In addition, agitation of nanofluids during the measurement of thermal conductivity showed a serious adverse effect as significant fraction of nanoparticles adhered to both the probe and the wall of the sample container. Furthermore, present results showed that the enhanced thermal conductivity of this nanofluid further increases noticeably with increasing temperature.
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Authors gratefully acknowledge the help of F.E.B. Bioucas from CQE@Ciencias (currently in FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) in performing this work and also to Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano de Medellín (Colombia) for the SEM analysis of the nanoparticles.
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Cacua, K., Murshed, S.M.S., Pabón, E. et al. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Dispersion and thermal conductivity of TiO2/water nanofluid. J Therm Anal Calorim 140, 109–114 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08817-1
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