• DocumentCode
    874838
  • Title

    Ultrasonics in liquids: Molecular phenomena

  • Author

    Piercy, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1965
  • Firstpage
    1346
  • Lastpage
    1355
  • Abstract
    The study of molecular phenomena in liquids using ultrasonic measurements is reviewed. Structural and isomeric relaxation are discussed in reasonable detail to illustrate the methods of research. There are brief discussions of viscoelastic and relaxation theory, techniques of measurement, vibrational relaxation, relaxation caused by molecular association, critical-point phenomena, and acoustic cavitation.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Acoustic measurements; Elasticity; Frequency measurement; Liquids; Position measurement; Temperature; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Vibration measurement; Viscosity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1965.4250
  • Filename
    1446180