Journal article
Determination of temperatures within acoustically generated bubbles in aqueous solutions at different ultrasound frequencies
Envi Ciawi, James Rae, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Franz Grieser
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B | AMER CHEMICAL SOC | Published : 2006
DOI: 10.1021/jp061441t
Abstract
Mean acoustic bubble temperatures have been measured using a methyl radical recombination (MRR) method, at three ultrasound frequencies (20, 355, and 1056 kHz) in aqueous tert-butyl alcohol solutions (0-0.5 M). The method is based on yield measurements of some of the hydrocarbon products formed from the recombination of methyl radicals that are thermally generated within collapsing bubbles containing tert-butyl alcohol vapor. The mean bubble temperatures were found to decrease substantially with increasing tert-butyl alcohol concentration at 355 and 1056 kHz but only to a small extent at 20 kHz. Extrapolating the mean temperatures measured to zero concentration of tert-butyl alcohol, at a bu..
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