Difference between revisions of "High Pressure Homogenizers"

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[[File:High Pressure Homogenizers.jpg|thumb|200px|right|High Pressure Homogenizer]]

=Key Principles=

[[File:High Pressure Homogenizers_Interaction chambers_2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Interaction chambers in homogenization unit]]

The key component of a high pressure homogenizer includes a homogenization unit such as diamond interaction chamber, and a high pressure pump unit. There is a specially designed fixed geometry inside the diamond interaction chamber. Strokes of the piston in the high pressure pump unit drive the samples through the interaction chamber at supersonic speed. In the chamber, materials are subjected to mechanical forces such as high shearing, high-frequency oscillation, cavitation and convective impact, and corresponding thermal effects simultaneously. These mechanical and physiochemical effects can induce change in the physical, chemical, and particle structure of the materials. This results in uniform and smaller nanoparticle size, achieving a homogenization effect.