TY - JOUR UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079329237&doi=10.1016%2fj.colsurfa.2020.124584&partnerID=40&md5=a60623eb93fc0dca132f589d3ee454e7 AV - none N2 - The dispersions of engineered nanomaterials in fluids have envisioned numerous industrial applications. Despite less experimental data available on the surface tension of nanofluids, it is one of the critical parameters to define thermal configurations and two-phase transport properties. This study focuses on the benchmark experimental investigation of the surface tension behavior in graphene nanoplatelets-based saline nanofluids in ambient air using the pendant drop method. Graphene nanoplatelets are dispersed in saline fluid (30PPT) using optimum anionic SDS stabilizer and ultrasonication, exhibiting excellent stability for minimum 72 h. Different characterizations are performed for nanoplatelets and nanofluid stability such as electron microscopy, FTIR, XRD, DLS and sedimentation analysis. Surface tension measurements are taken at varying concentrations of graphene nanoplatelets range of 0-0.25 wt and temperature range of 25â??65 °C. The obtained results from this research exhibit that the addition of nanoplatelets drops the surface tension of saline fluid by 21 . However, the increase in concentration from 0.05 wt to 0.25 wt does not have a considerable implication on the overall surface tension behavior. It is observed that the surface tension of the saline fluid and the nanofluid decrease with the elevation in temperature. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. PB - Elsevier B.V. JF - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects VL - 592 KW - Dispersions; Drops; Graphene; Nanofluidics; Stability; Surface tension; Two phase flow KW - Dispersion stability; Engineered nanomaterials; Experimental investigations; Nanofluids; Pendant drop methods; Saline fluids; Sedimentation analysis; Surface tension measurements KW - Graphene Nanoplatelets KW - graphene; nanomaterial; sodium chloride; stabilizing agent KW - ambient air; Article; benchmarking; concentration (parameter); dispersion; electron microscopy; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; nanofluidics; photon correlation spectroscopy; priority journal; sedimentation; surface tension; temperature; X ray diffraction N1 - cited By 41 ID - scholars13160 TI - Dispersion stability and surface tension of SDS-Stabilized saline nanofluids with graphene nanoplatelets SN - 09277757 Y1 - 2020/// A1 - Ilyas, S.U. A1 - Ridha, S. A1 - Abdul Kareem, F.A. ER -