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Published December 1996 | public
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Chemistry Under Extreme Conditions in Water Induced Electrohydraulic Cavitation and Pulsed-Plasma Discharges

Abstract

The introduction of high power ultrasound (i.e., sound energy with frequencies in the range 15 kHz to 1 MHz) into liquid reaction mixtures is known to cause a variety of chemical transformations [ 1-47]. The chemical effects of ultrasound on chemical reactions were first reported by Richards and Loomis [48] in 1927. This early report was followed by a detailed investigation of the catalytic effect of ultrasonic irradiation on the autoxidation of the iodide ion [49]. Since then, the application of ultrasound as a catalyst in chemical synthesis has become an important field of research as described by Mason in Chapter 8.

Additional Information

© 1997 Wiley. Financial support for much of the research described in this chapter was provided by the Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA (Grant # NAV 5HFMN N0001492J1901), through the Office of Naval Research, ONR, and by the Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI (Grant #RP 8003-37). This support is gratefully acknowledged.

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