INFLUENCE OF NANOPARTICLES DIAMETER ON STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MAGNETIC FLUID IN MAGNETIC FIELD

Jozef Kúdelčík – Peter Bury – Štefan Hardoň – Peter Kopčanský – Milan Timko

   The properties of magnetic fluids depend on the nanoparticle diameter, their concentration and the carrier liquid. The structural changes in magnetic fluids with different nanoparticle diameter based on transformer oils TECHNOL and MOGUL under the effect of a magnetic field and temperature were studied by acoustic spectroscopy. At a linear and jump changes of the magnetic field at various temperatures a continuous change was observed of acoustic attenuation caused by aggregation of the magnetic nanoparticles to structures. From the anisotropy of acoustic attenuation and using the Taketomi theory the basic parameters of the structures are calculated and the impact of nanoparticle diameters on the size of structures is confirmed.

Keywords: magnetic nanoparticles, transformer oil, acoustic attenuation

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