  This paper is an extension of our earlier work where we had reported a proof
of concept for a ferrofluid based damper. The damper used ferrofluid as damping
medium and it was seen that damping efficiency of the damper changes on
application of magnetic field. The present paper deals with a systematic study
of the effect of magnetic field on the damping efficiency of the damper.
Results of these studies are reported. It is seen that damping ratio varies
linearly with magnetic field ({\zeta} / H = 0.028 per kG) for magnetic field in
range of 0.0 to 4.5 kG. It may be mentioned that ferrofluid is different from
magnetorheological fluid even though both of them are magnetic field-responsive
fluids. The ferrofluid-dampers are better suited than MR Fluid-dampers for
their use in automobiles.
