Article Highlights • Three conventional surfactants and one ionic liquid type are used as stabilizing agents • 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C 12 mim] [Cl]) was used as a new kind of surfactant • Thermal conductivity of base fluid was increased up to 48% using nanoparticles of copper oxide
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