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Sonochemistry and the Acoustic Bubble

  • 1st Edition - April 16, 2015
  • Editors: Franz Grieser, Pak-Kon Choi, Naoya Enomoto, Hisashi Harada, Kenji Okitsu, Kyuichi Yasui
  • Language: English
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 5 3 0 - 8
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 7 2 6 - 5

Sonochemistry and the Acoustic Bubble provides an introduction to the way ultrasound acts on bubbles in a liquid to cause bubbles to collapse violently, leading to localized… Read more

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Sonochemistry and the Acoustic Bubble

provides an introduction to the way ultrasound acts on bubbles in a liquid to cause bubbles to collapse violently, leading to localized 'hot spots' in the liquid with temperatures of 5000° celcius and under pressures of several hundred atmospheres.

These extreme conditions produce events such as the emission of light, sonoluminescence, with a lifetime of less than a nanosecond, and free radicals that can initiate a host of varied chemical reactions (sonochemistry) in the liquid, all at room temperature.

The physics and chemistry behind the phenomena are simply, but comprehensively presented. In addition, potential industrial and medical applications of acoustic cavitation and its chemical effects are described and reviewed.

The book is suitable for graduate students working with ultrasound, and for potential chemists and chemical engineers wanting to understand the basics of how ultrasound acts in a liquid to cause chemical and physical effects.