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Table 5 Power law index values at different laboratory conditions

From: Rheological behavior of 10W40 base oil containing different combinations of MWCNT-Al2O3 nanoparticles and determination of the target nano-lubricant for industrial applications

HNF

 

Power-law index (n)

 

\(\mathrm{T}\) = 5 °C

\(\mathrm{T}\) = 15 °C

\(\mathrm{T}\) = 25 °C

\(\mathrm{T}\) =35 °C

\(\mathrm{T}\) = 45 °C

\(\mathrm{T}\) =55 °C

MWCNT-Al2O3

(25–75%)/10W40

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8615

0.8588

0.8587

0.8571

0.9046

0.6777

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.866

0.8628

0.8609

0.8658

0.8515

0.7917

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8738

0.8663

0.8642

0.8615

0.8532

0.7511

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8741

0.8636

0.8709

0.8689

0.8569

0.772

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8684

0.8693

0.8611

0.8706

0.8649

0.8357

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8621

0.8731

0.8694

0.871

0.8654

0.8821

MWCNT-Al2O3

(30–70%)/10W40

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8717

0.8675

0.8622

0.8571

0.8564

0.7795

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8705

0.8705

0.8647

0.8748

0.864

0.7986

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8804

0.8746

0.8669

0.8858

0.859

0.8079

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8703

0.8667

0.8752

0.8778

0.8699

0.8044

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8726

0.8769

0.8731

0.8773

0.8801

0.8355

\(\mathrm{SVF}\)

0.8659

0.8751

0.8702

0.8665

0.8425

0.813