Electrosprays of very polar liquids at low flow rates

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Higuera, F J ^a   Barrero, A ^b  

^a Technical University of Madrid UPM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; JETS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VISCOSITY;

CONE-JET MODE; ELECTROSPRAYS; FLOW RATES; POLAR LIQUIDS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SPRAY;

EID: 19944428328     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1824491     Document Type: Article

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