Particle Removal in Ultrasonic Water Flow Cleaning Role of Cavitation Bubbles as Cleaning Agents
Keita Ando, Mao Sugawara, Riria Sakota
2021Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena17 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF
Abstract
Visualization experiments are performed to examine the role of acoustic cavitation bubbles that appear in 0.43-MHz ultrasonic water flow spreading over glass surfaces in the context of physical cleaning. The cleaning performance is evaluated using glass samples on which small silica particles are spin-coated. The visualization suggests that acoustic cavitation bubbles play a major role in particle removal as in the case of conventional cleaning with ultrasonic cleaning baths.
Topics & Concepts
CavitationMaterials scienceUltrasonic sensorAcoustic streamingParticle (ecology)Flow visualizationComposite materialContext (archaeology)VisualizationUltrasoundFlow (mathematics)AcousticsMechanicsMechanical engineeringBiologyEngineeringGeologyPhysicsOceanographyPaleontologyUltrasound and Cavitation PhenomenaFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies