sonolysisn.
/sɒˈnɒlᵻsɪs/, U.S. /sɑˈnɑləsəs/ Chiefly Biochemistry and Chemistry.
The action or process of using ultrasonic waves to break down or decompose a substance, sample, etc.; an instance of this.
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sonolysis1964
1964 Jrnl. Chem. Physics 40 608/2 Water and dilute (0·1M) sodium formate solutions of different isotopic composition were subjected to sonolysis under argon... Hydrogen peroxide was produced.
1976 Canad. Jrnl. Chem. 54 1114/1 In aqueous solution..the lifetime of chemically active radicals produced by sonolysis is larger than the lifetime of the cavitation bubble.
2000 Water Res. 34 3889/2 Sonolyses were performed at five individual frequencies.
2012 J. C. Crittenden et al. Water Treatm. (ed. 3) xviii. 1478 The commercialization of sonolysis is still a challenge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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