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Sunday, 16 November 2008

 

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Sonoluminescence mean sound to light.  When bubbles in liquid are exposed to intense ultrasonic waves they grow and contract and implode.  As they do so, there is a flash of light.  The process changes sound energy into light energy. For more information

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http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/suslick/execsummsono.html#websiteindextable
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