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The Engineering of Droplets and their Formation in a Commercial Inkjet Printer

In this video from Engineer Guy, host Bill Hammack describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer — the type used to print expiration dates on food packages.

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