Particle transmission efficiency through the nozzle of the API Aerosizer(TM)

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1019-1028

  Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^a   Yang, Wu Song ^a   Szymanski, Wladyslaw W ^b   Chein, Hung Min ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DROP FORMATION; NOZZLES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

PARTICLE TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

AEROSOLS;

EFFICIENCY; NOZZLE FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DENSITY; FLOW; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

EID: 0033198289     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(98)00789-7     Document Type: Article

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