SONOLUMINESCENCE

• IN THE YEAR 1934 H.FRENZEL AND H.S. CHULTES

DISCOVERED A LUMINOUS EFFECT BY
ULTRASONICATION OF WATER.
• THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE
PASSING OF SOUND WAVES THROUGH A LIQUID
MEDIUM .THE SOUND WAVES CAUSE THE
FORMATION OF BUBBLES THAT EMIT BRIGHT
FLASHES OF LIGHT WHEN THEY COLLAPSE.

➢ PRINCIPLE

• IF YOU HAVE A VOLUME OF IDEAL GAS WHICH IS

COMPRESSED. ITS PRESSURE WILL INCREASE AND
THAT INCREASE IN PRESSURE CAN CAUSE THE
TEMPERATURE TO INCREASE ,THE ADDITIONAL
TEMPERATURE AND LIGHT OUTPUT.
 ➢ HOW IT WORKS ?

• A BUBBLE IS BOMBARDED BY HIGH FREQUENCY

SOUND WAVES.THE BUBBLE THEN
OSILLATES ,CAUSING IT GO EMIT LIGHT.

➢ BUBBLE SONOLUMINESCENCE
DIAGRAM

apparition of bubble slow expansion

quick and sudden emission of light

contraction

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 ➢ APPLICATION

• INDUSTRIAL AND MEDICAL.

• SHOCK TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS OF
LIQUID HYDROGEN.
• SHOCK WAVE PROPERTIES OF BRITTLE SOLIDS.
• NUMERICAL ANOMALIES MIMICKING PHYSICAL
EFFECTS.
• TIME RESOLVED MOLECULAR CHANGES.

➢ REFERENCES

• Farley J, Hough S (2003). "Single Bubble

Sonoluminsescence".
• Brenner MP, Hilgenfeldt S, Lohse D (May 2002).
"Single-bubble sonoluminescence"
• http://www.techmind.org/sl/
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