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Cacua, Karen; Ordoñez, Fredy; Zapata, Camilo; Herrera, Bernardo; Pabón, Elizabeth; Buitrago-Sierra, Robison
Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 12/2019, Volume: 583Journal Article
Display omitted Nanofluids are complex fluids, mainly proposed to improve the efficiency of thermal systems. However, their poor stability, caused by the agglomeration and sedimentation of nanoparticles over time, has limited their practical application. A common technique to increase the stability of nanofluids is to add surfactants, which produce electrostatic or steric repulsion between nanoparticles, thus avoiding their agglomeration. This work evaluated the effects of surfactants and their concentration on the zeta potential and hydrodynamic diameter at different pH values as an indicator of nanofluids stability. Commercial alumina nanoparticles (0.1 wt.%) were dispersed in deionized water using two surfactants (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB and sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, SDBS) at different concentrations, and the pH values were varied (2–12) by adding hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. The results show the importance of the critical micelle concentration value in the nanofluids stabilization by electrostatic repulsion between nanoparticles and indicate that SDBS at a concentration of 0.064 wt.% (critical micelle concentration) offers the best dispersion conditions according with their zeta potential values, allowing high stability regardless of the pH value of the suspension.
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