Investigation on Heat Transfer Enhancement in Microchannel Using Al₂O₃/Water Nanofluids

Table 2

Properties of working fluids.

Properties	Deionized water	Al2O3/water (0.1%)	Al2O3/water (0.25%)
Thermal conductivity (K)	0.485 W/mK	0.635 W/mK	0.654 W/mK
Density (ρ)	1015 kg/m^3	1030 kg/m^3	1040 kg/m^3
Specific heat ()	3800 J/kgK	3720 J/kgK	3712 J/kgK
Viscosity (μ)	0.00145 Ns/m^2	0.0010 Ns/m^2	0.00120 Ns/m^2