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Hydroson Cleaning of Surfaces

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Hydroson generators produce sonic waves in solutions, and the system can be fitted to a tank to clean immersed, contaminated articles. It was patented(1) in 1973 and then developed and transferred to the new company Nickerson Ultrason Ltd. in 1976. It is now widely used with over 150 installations employed in Europe, Japan, South Africa, and the USA.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH, UK

    Robert Walker

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  1. IBM Corporate Technical Institutes, Thornwood, New York, USA

    K. L. Mittal

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Walker, R. (1987). Hydroson Cleaning of Surfaces. In: Mittal, K.L. (eds) Treatise on Clean Surface Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9126-5_3

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