Research Article

Photoacoustic Method for Measurement of Thermal Effusivity of Fe3O4 Nanofluid

Table 1

Thermal parameters for EG, water, and Fe3O4 nanofluid.

Sample (Ws1/2/cm2K) (see [18]) (W/cmK) (cm2/s) (see [19])

EG0.00341.28241.90450.0810.08170.00259.53 × 10-49.66 × 10−4
Water0.00341.28243.40560.1580.15930.00581.35 × 10-31.43 × 10−3
Fe3O4 NPs in EG0.00341.28242.12370.0930.0031.04 × 10-3