low-intensity atomizer
low-intensity atomizer
[′lō in‚ten·səd·ē ′ad·ə‚mīz·ər] (mechanical engineering)
A type of electrostatic atomizer operating on the principle that atomization is the result of Rayleigh instability, in which the presence of charge in the surface counteracts surface tension.
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