Sonochemistry and Sonoluminescence

1. Sonochemistry Fundamentals

   1. Laboratory Equipment and Usage Considerations

      • T. J. Mason

      Pages 245-258

   2. High Power Ultrasonic Transducers

      • Juan. A. Gallego-Juárez

      Pages 259-270

2. Applications of Sonochemistry

   1. Elements of Organic Chemistry of Interest to Sonochemists

      • T. J. Mason

      Pages 271-284

   2. Single Bubble Sonochemistry

      • T. Lepoint, F. Lepoint-Mullie, A. Henglein

      Pages 285-290

   3. Applications of Sonochemistry to Materials Synthesis

      • K. S. Suslick, M. M. Fang, T. Hyeon, M. M. Mdleleni

      Pages 291-320

   4. Polymer Sonochemistry: Controlling the Structure and Properties of Macromolecules

      • Gareth J. Price

      Pages 321-343

   5. Sonochemistry and Sonoluminescence in Colloidal Systems

      • Franz Grieser, Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Joe Z. Sostaric

      Pages 345-362

   6. Sonochemical Environmental Remediation

      • T. J. Mason

      Pages 363-370

   7. Cavitational Environmental Remediation

      • John P. Russell

      Pages 371-376

   8. Industrial Applications of Sonochemistry and Power Ultrasonics

      • T. J. Mason

      Pages 377-390

3. Back Matter

   Pages 391-404

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Sonochemistry is studied primarily by chemists and sonoluminescence mainly by physicists, but a single physical phenomenon - acoustic cavitation - unites the two areas. The physics of cavitation bubble collapse, is relatively well understood by acoustical physicists but remains practically unknown to the chemists. By contrast, the chemistry that gives rise to electromagnetic emissions and the acceleration of chemical reactions is familiar to chemists, but practically unknown to acoustical physicists. It is just this knowledge gap that the present volume addresses.
The first section of the book addresses the fundamentals of cavitation, leading to a more extensive discussion of the fundamentals of cavitation bubble dynamics in section two. A section on single bubble sonoluminescence follows. The two following sections address the new scientific discipline of sonochemistry, and the volume concludes with a section giving detailed descriptions of the applications of sonochemistry.
The mixture of tutorial lectures and detailed research articles means that the book can serve as an introduction as well as a comprehensive and detailed review of these two interesting and topical subjects.

• chemical reaction
• chemistry
• dynamics
• electromagnetic
• luminescence
• physics
• reactions
• sonochemistry

• Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

  Lawrence A. Crum

• School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

  Timothy J. Mason

• Service de Chimie Organique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

  Jacques L. Reisse

• School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

  Kenneth S. Suslick

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