Dilute emulsions and their effect on the breakup of the liquid sheet produced by flat-fan spray nozzles

Automization and Sprays: Journal of the International Institutions for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-397

  Butler Ellis, M C ^a   Tuck, C R ^a   Miller, P C H ^a  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EMULSIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NOZZLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

LIQUID SHEET BREAKUP; SPRAY FORMATION;

SPRAYING;

EID: 0006332020     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/atomizspr.v9.i4.50     Document Type: Article

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