Sample Jet Nozzle (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sample Jet Nozzle

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In the gas dynamic virtual nozzle, liquid flows through a internal capillary, issuing some distance from the opening in the outer tube through which the gas flows. Approaching the narrow opening, gas pressure and speed increase, focusing the thin stream of liquid until it is so small only a single protein or virus can fit into each droplet.

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courtesy John Spence, ASU

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