A device for precision neutralization of electric charge of small drops using ionized air

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4305-4309

  Fan, Sewan ^a   Kim, Peter C ^a   Lee, Eric R ^a   Lee, Irwin T ^a   Perl, Martin L ^a   Rogers, Howard ^a   Loomba, Dinesh ^b  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

NEUTRALIZATION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 0142260425     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1606117     Document Type: Article

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