Comments on the evolving field of sonochemistry by a cavitation physicist
Authors:
Lawrence A. Crum
Affiliation:
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Abstract:
Sonochemistry is an evolving field that has shown recent rapid growth and increasing interest. Although this field concentrates on chemistry and uses acoustics principally as a tool, the basic mechanism that gives rise to sonochemistry — acoustic cavitation — is often ignored or given little attention. This paper addresses some of the relevant aspects of cavitation and physical acoustics that apply to sonochemistry.