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Activating Molecules, Ions, and Solid Particles with Acoustic Cavitation
Published on: April 11, 2014
Correlation between sonoluminescence, sonochemistry and cavitation noise spectra
N Segebarth1, O Eulaerts, J Reisse
1Laboratoire de Chimie Organique CP 165/64, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Abstract:
The acoustic signal from the sonochemical production of H2O2 in water, as measured by the intensity and the width of the second harmonic, show a sensitive and correlated dependence to the presence of small amounts (millimolar range) of an anionic surfactant (SDS) in water. The graphic shows the link from the ultrasonic reaction to the measurable quantities. New possibilities to reliably control such processes is therefore opened.
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