Conical tips inside cone-jet electrosprays

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Marín, Álvaro G ^a   Loscertales, Ignacio G ^b   Barrero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales University of Malaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; COAXIAL JET ELECTROSPRAYS; CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS; DOUBLE EMULSIONS; ELECTROSPRAYS; LIQUID BATHS; LIQUID PROPERTIES; MASS EMISSIONS; COAXIAL JET ELECTROSPRAY; CONE-JET ELECTROSPRAY;

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JETS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 43149090536     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2901274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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