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- From: doi@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Daniel Kuan Li Oi)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: can sound waves boil water?
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 13:27:02 GMT
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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- eng10370@nusunix1.nus.sg (CHEW JOO SIANG) writes:
-
- >I was thinking of this the other day - we all know that a microwave oven
- >works by resonating the water molecules at its natural frequency - this
- >causes a rise in its temperature. The question is, can we do the same
- >with sound waves - using it to resonate the water molecules. I know that
- >you need incredibly high frequecies to achieve it but is the concept
- >sound theoretically?
-
- >Kumaresan a/l Kanagasabai
- >eng10370@nusunix1.nus.sg
-
- Probably not in the same way as with microwave ovens. The
- problem might be getting adequate efficiency both in producing the sound
- and in the absorbtion.
-
- Although bulk heating may not be feasible, it has been measured
- that hot spots in a liquid being exposed to high intensity ultrasound
- can reach thousands of degrees centigrade. This was due to bubbles
- forming and collapsing rapidly so to compress the gas inside by enormous
- amounts.
-
- Hope it isn't too inaccurate.
-
- Daniel Oi
- University of Western Australia
-
-
- Disclaimer: I'm only a first year. What's your excuse.
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