Resumen: A numerical method to simulate the ferrofluid particle distribution evolution is presented. Also, the optical transmission of the distributions obtained is calculated by two numerical methods. The first one consists on a numerical propagation of an electromagnetic wave through the sample. The second one analyzes the aggregates’ mean length to obtain the optical transmission through a mixture law. As an illustration of the possibilities of the method developed, it is applied to analyze how ferrofluid optical transmission changes after magnetic field application depend on intrinsic properties of the colloid such as its nanoparticle concentration and surfactant repulsion represented by means of the final distances between consecutive particles forming chains. Changes in the attenuation factor of these samples show the trends expected from the Literature. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.12.026 Año: 2019 Publicado en: JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS 474 (2019), 613-618 ISSN: 0304-8853 Factor impacto JCR: 2.717 (2019) Categ. JCR: PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER rank: 30 / 69 = 0.435 (2019) - Q2 - T2 Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 149 / 314 = 0.475 (2019) - Q2 - T2 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.658 - Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (Q2) - Condensed Matter Physics (Q2)