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. 2011 Apr;24(2):103–118. doi: 10.1089/jamp.2010.0849

Table 3.

CFD Predictions of Aerosol Size for Cases 3 and 4

	Size at sectional division^a		Size at model outlet
Case 3	MMAD μm	GSD	MMAD μm	GSD
CFD 560^b nm aerosol	1.04	1.74	1.42	1.39
CFD 900 nm aerosol	1.44	1.35	1.89	1.52
Case 4
CFD 560 nm aerosol	1.09	1.65	1.70	1.45
CFD 900 nm aerosol	1.50	1.34	2.10	1.45

^{^a}

Division between the nasal and pharyngeal sections of the model (see Fig. 1).

^{^b}

Initial MMAD of the aerosol at the model inlet.