Numerical Prediction of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids in a Minichannel Flow

Table 2

Thermophysical properties of SiO₂ nanofluids of different concentrations.

Fluid	Density; (kg/m^3)	Specific heat; (J/kg·K)	Thermal conductivity; (W/m·K)		Viscosity; (Pa·s)
Water	997.13	4179	0.605		0.00089
SiO2	2200	773	1.38		—
Fluid	Density; (kg/m^3)	Specific heat; (J/kg·K)	Thermal conductivity; (W/m·K)		Viscosity; (Pa·s)
			Without Brownian motion	With Brownian motion
Water + 2% SiO2	1021.2	4032.2	0.616	0.6886	0.00093
Water + 3% SiO2	1033.2	3961.5	0.621	0.6866	0.00096