Sck. Shum et al., SPATIALLY RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS OF SIZE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS OFAEROSOL DROPLETS FROM A DIRECT INJECTION NEBULIZER, Applied spectroscopy, 47(5), 1993, pp. 575-585
Aerosol droplet sizes and velocities from a direct injection nebulizer
(DIN) are measured with radial and axial spatial resolution by phase
Doppler particle analysis (PDPA). The droplets on the central axis of
the spray become finer and their size becomes more uniform when almost
-equal-to 20% methanol is added to the usual aqueous solvent. This cou
ld explain why the analyte signal is a maximum at this solvent composi
tion when the DIN is used for inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrom
etry (ICP-MS). Mean droplet velocities are 12 to 22 m s-1 with standar
d deviations of +/-4 to +/-7 m s-1. The outer fringes of the aerosol p
lume tend to be enriched in large droplets. The Sauter mean diameter (
D3.2) and velocity of the droplets also vary substantially with axial
position in the aerosol plume.