Pressure Thresholds for Biologically Active Cavitation
- 1 November 1953
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 24 (11) , 1371-1373
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1721180
Abstract
Experiments are described which measure the threshold acoustic pressures necessary for cavitation which can destroy certain biological cells. These thresholds are in the neighborhood of 0.3 atmospheres in the frequency range from 0.4 to 500 kc. At lower frequencies much greater pressures appear necessary and the type of biological damage is different. An interpretation of these results is discussed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- Injury to living cells in standing sound waves,Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology, 1952
- Cavitation Produced by Ultrasonics: Theoretical Conditions for the Onset of CavitationProceedings of the Physical Society. Section B, 1951
- Vibrating Plate Transducers for Frequency Studies of the Breakdown Rate of Biological CellsReview of Scientific Instruments, 1951
- Some Effects of Cavitation near 30 cpsThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1951
- Sonic Activation in Chemical Systems: Oxidations at Audible FrequenciesJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1936
- XCVIII.On the destructive mechanical effects of the gas-bubbles liberated by the passage of intense sound through a liquidJournal of Computers in Education, 1935