TY - JOUR
TI - Investigations on synthesis, structural, surface morphological, optical, and thermal properties of copper oxide nanofluids
AU - Sagadevan Suresh
AU - Shanmuga Pichaikani Raj Solay Anand
AU - Sudhakar Rajesh
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 14
SP - 1197
EP - 1202
PT - Article
AB - The copper oxide nanofluids were synthesized using a wet chemical technique.  The crystal structure and the average grain size of the copper oxide  nanofluids were determined by X-ray diffraction pattern. The strong presence  of copper oxide was confirmed by the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy  spectrum. The morphology and the particle size were studied using the  scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopy. Energy  dispersive X-ray spectroscopy is an analytical technique used for the  elemental analysis or chemical characterization of a sample. Dynamic light  scattering was used to estimate the size of the copper oxide nanofluids. The  UV-visible absorption spectrum was used to measure the optical property of  the copper oxide nanofluids. The thermal conductivity of the copper oxide  nanofluids was analyzed as well.