An atomizer consists of a small heating element that vaporizes e-liquid and a wicking material that draws liquid onto the coil. Along with a battery and e-liquid the atomizer is the main component of every personal vaporizer. ... They also affect the vapor quantity or volume yielded.

What does an atomiser do in a vape?

In standard diction, an atomizer refers to any device that emits a liquid into a fine spray such as on a perfume bottle. In e-cigs the terminology is similar in that it helps to vaporise the e-liquid so it can be inhaled by the user.

What is the difference between an atomizer and a vaporizer?

As nouns the difference between atomizer and vaporizer

is that atomizer is an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying while vaporizer is a device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.