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Effects of the Liquid Surface Tension on the Ejected Droplet Volume in a Pneumatic Printing System
Sangmin Lee, In Ho Choi, Joonwon Kim
J. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 2018;35(6):635-639.
Published online June 1, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7736/KSPE.2018.35.6.635
This paper presents results for effects of the liquid surface tension on the ejected droplet volume using a pneumatic printing system. The low surface tension of the solution causes the liquid wetting around the nozzle, and then the wetted nozzle also inhibits stable formation of droplets. First, we confirmed the maximum inlet pressure (i.e., balanced with capillary force on the outlet channel) corresponding to varied surface tensions of the solutions, prepared by controlling the concentration of a surfactant. The ejected droplet volumes with the surfactant concentrations was varied within approximately 7% at each maximum inlet pressure, and the volume variation decreased to a fifth as compared with a high surface tension liquid.
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