Sonochemistry and the Acoustic Bubble

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...