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  • Multiple electrosprays emit...
    Bocanegra, R.; Galán, D.; Márquez, M.; Loscertales, I.G.; Barrero, A.

    Journal of aerosol science, 12/2005, Letnik: 36, Številka: 12
    Journal Article

    Orifices instead of needle capillaries can be used for electrospraying liquids in steady cone-jet mode. This novel device has been used for multiplexing cone-jet menisci anchored at the rim of orifices drilled on a slide. The stability and reliability of the electrospraying process from holes improve substantially when orifices are drilled in dielectric materials with hydrophobic surfaces. The manufacturing process of high compactness multi-electrospray atomizers becomes much easier and cheaper if holes instead of needles are used as emitters. Very cheap multi-hole electrospray atomizers, bearing up to 37 holes and with a compactness of up to 115 emitters per square centimeter, have been home-made and successfully operated. The current and droplet size distribution of the spray issued from these atomizers agreed quite well with those issued from a single source of electrospray, provided that the same flow rate was being electrosprayed throughout each one of the orifices of the multi-injector, and that this value was equal to that issued from the single electrospray source.