Abstract
This paper describes the results obtained in our experiment on electical dispersion of liquid. The field strength (dc), the volume of liquid dispersed and the discharge current were measured and the correlations among them are discussed for various liquids; water, ethanol, water-ethanol mixtures and ethanol-benzene mixtures. When the distance between electrodes was fixed constant within 1∼5 cm, the volume of liquid dispersed was obseved to increase with the applied voltage within the experimental range of 6∼10 kV.
As to the discharge current during the electrical dispersion, the conductivity of the liquid seemed
to play a dominant role. The volume of liquid dispersed Q depended on the discharge current I, as represented by the following equation, Q=kIα, where k and α are constants related to the property of liquid.
