Ultrasonics sonochemistry

A novel liquid plasma AOP device integrating microwaves and ultrasounds and its evaluation in defluorinating perfluorooctanoic acid in aqueous media

S Horikoshi, S Sato, M Abe, N Serpone

Index: Horikoshi, Satoshi; Sato, Susumu; Abe, Masahiko; Serpone, Nick Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2011 , vol. 18, # 5 p. 938 - 942

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Abstract

A simplified and energy-saving integrated device consisting of a microwave applicator and an ultrasonic homogenizer has been fabricated to generate liquid plasma in a medium possessing high dielectric factors, for example water. The microwave waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer were interconnected through a tungsten/titanium alloy stick acting both as the microwave antenna and as the horn of the ultrasonic homogenizer. Both ...