1. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THERMAL PROPERTIES OF AG
NANOWIRE NANOFLUIDS
R. Carbajal-Valdéz 1, Noé. Sánchez-González 2,3, Ángel. Rodríguez-Juárez 2, J. L. Jiménez-
Pérez 2 J. F. Sánchez-Ramírez 3, A. Cruz-Orea 4, Z. N. Correa Pacheco5
1Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CICATA. Calzada Legaria, No. 694 Col. Irrigación, Del.
Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, C.P. 11500. 2Instituto Politécnico Nacional-UPIITA.
Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional No. 2580, Col Barrio la Laguna Ticomán, Gustavo
A. Madero, Ciudad de México, C.P. 07340. 3Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CIBA. Ex-
Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera EstatalTecuexcomac-Tepetitla Km 1.5, Tlaxcala, C.P.
90700. 4Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzadosdel Instituto Politécnico Nacional-
IPN, Av. IPN No. 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Ciudad de México, México.
5Instituto Politécnico Nacional-CEPROBI. Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla, Km. 6, calle
CEPROBI No. 8, Col. San Isidro, Yautepec, Morelos, México. C.P. 62731.
New nanofluids containing Ag nanowire with different concentrations were prepared by
chemical reduction method. The metallic nanowire are monodispersed and soluble in water.
Thermal diffusivity of nanofluids containing Ag nanowires were measured by Thermal Wave
Resonator Cavity technique [1] in order to measure the effect of the presence of nanowire on
the nanofluids thermal diffusivity. The thermal diffusivity of the nanofluids seems to be
strongly dependent of Ag nanowire concentration. It was observe an increase of thermal
parameters when concentration of nanowire increases. Thermal diffusivity behavior of the
nanofluids is explained. Also, UV-Vis spectroscopy, SEM microscopy, EDS and XRD
techniques were used to characterize the nanofluids.
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Figure 1. UV-vis spectra of Ag nanowire Figure 2. Absorbance vs. concentration for Ag nanowire
In Figure 1 the UV-vis absorption spectra of Ag nanowires for the different concentrations
can be seen. On the other hand, lineal changes for the absorption of Ag nanowires as a
function of different concentrations are observed in Figure 2.
[1] Lara-Hernández G.,· Suaste-Gómez E., · Cruz-Orea A., Mendoza-Alvarez J. G., Sánchez-
Sinéncio F., Valcárcel J. P.,· García-Quiroz A. Int J Thermophys 34, 962–971 (2013)