"How the hell do you think that's going to make a difference," is my recollection of Smokey's reaction the first time he and I discussed certain ways of improving fuel atomization and the combustion ...

For gasoline to be burned in a Pontiac engine, three things need to occur. It must be atomized (broken into small particles), emulsified (mixed with air), and vaporized (changed into a rarefied form).

Understanding the atomization spray process is not only of academic interest but is also important to various industry applications such as combustion, coating, and chemical synthesis. Significant ...