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|def=Stream of inert gas, often heated, that is used in an [[electrospray]] or other spray [[ionization]] source to aid in the evaporation of solvent from the sprayed particles. The flow of the gas is in the direction opposite to that of the spray.
:''Note'': Curtain gas is a proprietary term used to indicate a flow of counter-current gas emanating from between two closely spaced plates each with a central orifice along the axis of a spray ionization source. The term should only be used to describe the commercial device.
|rel=[[drying gas]]
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