Immediately after firing, the aerosol particles produced by most metered dose inhalers are ap-proximately how large?
a. 1 µm
b. 5 µm
c. 20 µm
d. 35 µm
ANS: D
Propellant evaporation causes the initially large particles (35 µm) generated at the actuator orifice to rapidly decrease in size.
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