Investigation into the transport phenomena of ferrofluids in small scale systems

Abstract

Ferrofluid is a stable colloidal suspension of iron oxide particles in a non magnetic carrier fluid Traditional usage of ferrofluid were limited to multistage rotary seals exclusion seals inertia dampers loudspeakers etc However over the years ferrofluids have shown promising potential in several applications of emerging relevance such as biomedical diagnostics electronic cooling particle separation to name a few In the present dissertation some issues pertaining to the augmented t...