Inert gas accumulation in sonoluminescing bubbles
arXiv:chao-dyn/9708007 · doi:10.1063/1.474939
Abstract
In this paper we elaborate on the idea [Lohse et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1359-1362 (1997)] that (single) sonoluminescing air bubbles rectify argon. The reason for the rectification is that nitrogen and oxygen dissociate and their reaction products dissolve in water. We give further experimental and theoretical evidence and extend the theory to other gas mixtures. We show that in the absence of chemical reactions (e.g., for inert gas mixtures) gas accumulation in strongly acoustically driven bubbles can also occur.
J. Chem. Phys., in press (to appear in November 1997), 30 pages, 15 eps-figures
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