Stabilized capillary microjet and devices and methods for producing same
First Claim
1. A stream of a first fluid characterized by forming a stable capillary microjet over a portion of the stream wherein the stable capillary microjet portion of the stream is formed by a second fluid moving at a velocity greater than that of the first fluid.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a stable capillary microjet and a monodisperse aerosol formed when the microjet dissociates. A variety of devices and methods are disclosed which allow for the formation of a stream of a first fluid (e.g. a liquid) characterized by forming a stable capillary microjet over a portion of the stream wherein the microjet portion of the stream is formed by a second fluid (e.g. a gas). The second fluid is preferably in a different state from the first fluid—liquid-gas or gas-liquid combinations. However, the first and second fluids may be two different fluids in miscible in each other. The stable capillary microjet comprises a diameter dj at a given point A in the stream characterized by the formula:
wherein dj is the diameter of the stable microjet, ≅ indicates approximately equally to where an acceptable margin of error is ±10%, ρ1 is the density of the liquid and ΔPg is change in gas pressure of gas surrounding the stream at the point A.
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- 1. A stream of a first fluid characterized by forming a stable capillary microjet over a portion of the stream wherein the stable capillary microjet portion of the stream is formed by a second fluid moving at a velocity greater than that of the first fluid.
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8. A monodisperse aerosol of liquid particles in air, the particles characterized by having the same diameter with a deviation in diameter from one particle to another in a range of from about ±
- 3% to about ±
30%. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
- 3% to about ±
- 11. A stream of a liquid characterized by forming a stable capillary microjet over a portion of the stream wherein the stable capillary microjet position of the stream is formed by a gas moving in a direction substantially parallel to that of the stream of liquid wherein the liquid stream and gas are moved by the application of physical pressure.
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15. A method of analyzing a compound in a liquid, comprising the steps of:
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applying physical pressure to force a first liquid through a channel of a feeding source in a manner which causes the first liquid to be expelled from an exit opening of the channel;
forcing a fluid selected from the group consisting of a gas and a second liquid which is immiscible with the first liquid through a pressure chamber in a manner which causes the fluid to exit the pressure chamber from an exit orifice in front of a flow path of the first liquid expelled from the exit opening of the channel, wherein a stable first liquid-fluid interface is maintained and the first liquid forms a stable capillary jet focused on the exit orifice of the pressure chamber;
emitting a plus of energy through the stable capillary jet;
receiving energy from the plus;
analyzing energy received to determine information regarding a compound in the first liquid. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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