Drilling fluids are a critical component in modern drilling operations, serving multiple functions such as transporting rock cuttings to the surface, maintaining wellbore stability, lubricating ...
If you mix cornstarch and water in the right proportions, you get “oobleck”: something that seems not-quite-liquid but also not-quite-solid. Oobleck flows and settles like a liquid when untouched, but ...
The term “Nanofluids” was first proposed by Choi of Argonne National Laboratory USA in 1995, which meant nanoparticle fluid suspensions. After which, this interdisciplinary field has developed ...