| Bubbling to
extreme temperatures
Temperatures
inside sound-generated, imploding bubbles in a liquid can reach values
comparable to those at the sun’s surface.
References:
McNamara III,
W.B., Y.T. Didenko, and K.S. Suslick. 1999. Sonoluminescence
temperatures during multi-bubble cavitation. Nature 401(Oct.
21):772.
Further Readings:
Kaiser, J. 1995.
Inferno in a bubble. Science News 147(April 29):266.
Peterson, I. 1996.
Glimpses inside a tiny, flashing bubble. Science News 150(Oct.
5):214.
Sources:
Kenneth S.
Suslick
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Chemical Sciences
Chemical and Life Sciences Building, Room A422
600 S. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Web site: http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/~suslick
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 18, October 30, 1999, p. 287. Copyright © 1999,
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