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Cavitation can be harnessed to provide the driving force to achieve a wide range of chemical and physical transformations. Cavitation in a homogeneous liquid system produces highly reactive free radicals and can result in polymer degradation and enhanced solvolysis rates. In a heterogeneous system cavitation near a surface results in cleaning, pitting and chemical activation. In the case of suspended powders, size reduction or agglomeration can occur depending upon the original particle size of the material. Liquid/liquid systems are rapidly emulsified by sonication. Applications of these eifects in chemical synthesis, polymer science, metallurgy, electrochemistry, environmental protection, food technology and medicine are explored.
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Mason, T.J. (1994). Sonochemistry — The chemical uses of cavitation. In: Blake, J.R., Boulton-Stone, J.M., Thomas, N.H. (eds) Bubble Dynamics and Interface Phenomena. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0938-3_31
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