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The cup-horn configuration, shown in Fig. 8, was originally designed for cell disruption but has been adopted for sonochemical studies as well (81). It has greater acoustic intensities, better frequency control, and potentially better thermostating than the cleaning bath. Again, however, it is very sensitive to the liquid levels and to shape of the reaction vessel. In addition, the reaction vessel faces a size restriction of 5 cm diameter. 

Sonochemical ligand substitution readily occurs with a variety of other metal carbonyls, as shown in Table IV. In all cases, multiple ligand substitution originates directly from the parent carbonyl. The rates of sonochemical ligand substitution of the various metal carbonyls follow their relative volatilities, as predicted from the nature of the cavitational collapse. 

Intervention of localized microscopic high temperatures is possible [8, 14, 24], as advocated in sonochemistry to justify the sonochemical effect. There is an inevitable lack of experimental evidence, because we can necessarily have access to macroscopic temperature only. It has been suggested [6, 19] that, in some examples, MW activation could originate from hot spots generated by dielectric relaxation on a molecular scale. 

If the yield of a silent reaction is n% after a specific period of time while the yield of the corresponding sonochemical reaction is m%, the ratio min higher than 1 is described as the effect of ultrasound. Since its beginning, ultrasound effects have been considered to originate in the general phenomenon of cavitation, which generates high temperatures, pressures, and shock waves. 

Another fruitful area of research has been that of the sonochemical activation of immobilized enzymes where ultrasound appears to be particularly useful in increasing the transport of substrate to the enzyme. Using a-chymotrypsin (on agarose gel) and casein as substrate, a two-fold increase in activity was observed at 20 kHz [12]. Here the origin of the enhancement was thought to be associated with increased penetration of the casein into the support gel induced by cavitational effects close to the surface. However an increase in the activity of a-amylase (on porous polystyrene) was produced on irradiation with 7 MHz ultrasound [13]. This is a very significant result since at this high-frequency cavitation cannot occur and... 

Therefore, as might be expected, there may be a number of sonoelectrochemical effects that originate from different combinations of sonochemical and electrochemical phenomena. An assumption that cavitation is the root cause of a particular observation may need to be justified it is certainly desirable whenever possible to obtain an independent assessment of cavitational phenomena in any particular experimental system. 

Since sonochemistry takes its origin in cavitation, the reactivity depends on the characteristics of the bubbles. Their size and lifetime, and the content of the gaseous phase, depend on the physical properties of the medium and the parameters (amplitude and frequency) of the wave. Conducting a sonochemical reaction implies that a multiparameter problem is examined. 

The synthetic interest of the reaction appears clearly, but the problem of the origin of the sonochemical effect comes into question. The initial Sn-H homolysis was first postulated to occur inside the bubble, assuming that the concentration of the relatively non-volatile hydride in the vapor phase is sufficient to induce a fast reaction. 

Acetal hydrolysis is also sensitive to sonication, and an example is shown in Eq. The origin of the sonochemical effect in these typically ionic reactions... 

From the effects of ultrasound on solids revealed in Chs. 1, 4, and 5, it can be anticipated that a beneficial role can result at several stages, presented in what follows. As for the other types of chemical transformation, the origin of the sonochemical effect is cavitation. It is sufficient to remind the reader here that cavitation within a liquid creates voids (bubbles) which are the seat of high-energy phenomena. The hot spots are estimated to have radii <299 nm with... 

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