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An apparatus and method for the emulsification of fluids. Mixing of the fluids may occur before the fluids enter the apparatus, or in the apparatus. Extremely low pressure is created and maintained in an apparatus chamber by accelerating the flow velocity of at least one fluid as flow occurs from a

An apparatus and method for the emulsification of fluids. Mixing of the fluids may occur before the fluids enter the apparatus, or in the apparatus. Extremely low pressure is created and maintained in an apparatus chamber by accelerating the flow velocity of at least one fluid as flow occurs from a larger to a smaller diameter passageway. Vapors of the fluids to be emulsified mix in said low pressure passageway, which may be a venturi tube. When the mixed vapors flow from the smaller diameter passageway to a second larger diameter outlet passageway, deceleration results in a pressure increase which causes the mixed vapors to collapse into the emulsified products. A single emulsification in the apparatus produces emulsified particles with diameters in the range of 0.01 to 2 microns. The apparatus is capable of homogenizing milk, emulsifying fuel and water, emulsifying solutions with immiscible fluids, and producing other regular or thixotropic emulsions.

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An emulsifying apparatus comprising: an inlet side and a first chamber, having a first cross-sectional area; an outlet side and a second chamber, having a second cross-sectional area; a passageway having a cross-sectional area smaller than said first and second cross-sectional areas, an inlet in flu

An emulsifying apparatus comprising: an inlet side and a first chamber, having a first cross-sectional area; an outlet side and a second chamber, having a second cross-sectional area; a passageway having a cross-sectional area smaller than said first and second cross-sectional areas, an inlet in fluid communication with said first chamber and an outlet in fluid communication with said second chamber, said passageway being long enough and having a cross-sectional area small enough that fluids will vaporize during passage between said first and second chambers; and said passageway comprising a central venturi tube in fluid communication with at least one inlet chamber, said venturi tube being surrounded by a plurality of fluid-carrying passageways of uniform cross-section extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said venturi tube.