Abstract
It is found in experiments on pulsed cavitation equipment that, relative to water, the critical cavitation number is diminished 15% for a 0.1% polyox solution and 8% for a 0.47% butyl alcohol solution.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 1052–1055, December, 1973.
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Vyaz'menskii, B.É. Effect of polymer additives on cavitation. Journal of Engineering Physics 25, 1536–1538 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826791
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826791