Thermal conduction anisotropy of a magnetic functional fluids utilizing cluster formation of dispersed fine particles (in the case of micron-sized graphite particles)

Abstract

The thermal conductivity of a magnetic fluid is expected to enhance by adding micron-sized particles with high thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of the magnetic fluid containing micron-sized graphite particles was investigated experimentally. The shapes of the graphite particles were sphere and flake-like. As the results of visualization experiments using the dark field microscope, the spherical graphite particles form chain-like clusters under applied magnetic field, while the fibrous structure is formed by the flake-like graphite particles, however, chain-like cluster formation cannot be clearly observed. The experiments using the transient hot-wire method showed that the thermal conductivity of magnetic fluid containing graphite particles is enhanced by applying magnetic field and by increasing the volume fraction of graphite particles.

Keywords

Magnetic fluid cluster graphite particle thermal conductivity dark field microscopy

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