Ferrofluid Essay

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ADITHYA M.S CLASS X11 ROLL N.O -02 H.A.L PUBLIC SCHOOL CERTIFICATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The success of the project lies in the hard effort of each and every one who has been an integral part of it. I would like to thank my principal ma’am Mrs. Shobha Rajiv and my chemistry teacher Mrs. Kajari Sen for providing me with a chance to work on this project. Special thanks to our lab attendant Mrs. Malathi who has been very helpful all through. Heartfelt thanks to my friends and family who have been very cooperative through the course of the project. Last but certainly not the least I thank the almighty for his blessings which have been very important for the success of the project. Thank you one and all. CONTENTS Sl N.o | Contents | PageNumber | | | | 1. | Theory | 5 | 2. | Experiment | 6 | 3. | Bibliography | 10 | THEORY A liquid magnet or ferrofluid is a colloidal mixture of magnetic particles (~10 nm in diameter) in a liquid carrier. The carrier contains a surfactant to prevent the particles from sticking together. Ferro-fluids can be suspended in water or in an organic fluid. A typical ferrofluid is about 5% magnetic solids, 10% surfactant, and 85% carrier, by volume. One type of ferrofluid you can make uses magnetite for the magnetic particles, oleic acid as the surfactant, and kerosene as the carrier fluid to suspend the particles. When no external magnetic field is present the fluid is not magnetic and the orientation of the magnetite particles is random. However, when an external magnetic field is applied, the magnetic moments of the particles align with the magnetic field lines. When the magnetic field is removed, the particles return to random alignment. These properties can be used to make a liquid that changes its density depending on the strength of the magnetic field and that can form fantastic shapes. MATERIALS REQUIRED
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