Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study of Transformer Oil-Based Ferrofluids

Authors

  • M. Karpets Institute of Experimental Physics of the SAS, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice
  • M. Rajnak Institute of Experimental Physics of the SAS, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice
  • O. Ivankov Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants of the NAS of Ukraine
  • K. Paulovicova Institute of Experimental Physics of the SAS
  • M. Timko Institute of Experimental Physics of the SAS
  • P. Kopcansky Institute of Experimental Physics of the SAS
  • L. Bulavin Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Physics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe65.8.729

Keywords:

external fields, magnetic fluids, magnetic nanoparticles, transformer oil-based ferrofluids

Abstract

It is known that ferrofluids typically respond to magnetic fields and can be manipulated by such external fields. The particle assembly in magnetic nanofluids can be induced even by a direct current (dc) electric field. An experimental study of magnetic colloidal particles and their changes induced by an external electric field in a ferrofluid based on 2 transformer oils with different concentrations of nanoparticles is presented. By small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), we show the influence of the electric field intensity and the concentration on magnetic nanoparticle aggregates.

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2020-07-30

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Karpets, M., Rajnak, M., Ivankov, O., Paulovicova, K., Timko, M., Kopcansky, P., & Bulavin, L. (2020). Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study of Transformer Oil-Based Ferrofluids. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 65(8), 729. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe65.8.729

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