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Coax Atomization

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To quickly break up a jet of liquid, engineers will often surround it with an annulus of fast-flowing gas.

The shear between the gas and the liquid sets off instabilities that ultimately break the jet into droplets.

Though effective, engineers are still working to understand the specific physics involved in the breakup.

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