| CPC A24F 40/485 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A liquid guiding member configured for cooperating with a heating member for atomizing an aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the liquid guiding member is divided into multiple areas, the area farthest from the heating member is defined as a first area, the area adjacent to the heating member is defined as an i-th area, and the area between the first area and the i-th area is defined as an x-th area, wherein a flow velocity Q of the aerosol-forming substrate in the first area to the i-th area satisfies: Q1≥Qi, and Q1>Qx, 1<x<i, i being a positive integer and i>2; and
wherein the flow velocity Qx of the aerosol-forming substrate in the x-th area satisfies: at least one Ox is less than the flow velocity Qi in the i-th area.
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