Sonochemical Effects due to Cavitation Generated by an Ultrasonic Wave Beauty Care Device

It is not clear whether or not commercial ultrasonic wave devices including beauty care devices, toothbrushes, and washing machines, produce cavitation and sonochemical effects. In our work, the cavitation and sonochemical effects of a commercial ultrasonic wave beauty care device in water and in an...

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Published inJournal of Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Japan Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 119 - 122
Main Authors Kojima, Yoshihiro, Futamura, Kazunori, Koda, Shinobu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Japan 2002
Subjects
air
cavitation
hydrogen peroxide
nitric ion
nitrous ion
potassium iodide
sonication
sonication time
sonochemical effects
tri-iodide ion
ultrasonic wave beauty care device
water
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Summary:It is not clear whether or not commercial ultrasonic wave devices including beauty care devices, toothbrushes, and washing machines, produce cavitation and sonochemical effects. In our work, the cavitation and sonochemical effects of a commercial ultrasonic wave beauty care device in water and in an aqueous solution of potassium iodide exposed to air were investigated. Nitric and nitrous ions were formed in distilled water under sonication, and their concentration increased with increasing sonication time. When ultrasound was irradiated into the aqueous solution of potassium iodide, the iodide ion was oxidized to a tri-iodide ion. This was due to the hydrogen peroxide produced in the solution under sonication. Our results indicated that sonication from ultrasonic wave beauty care device produces cavitation and sonochemical effects in water.
ISSN:0387-5253
1884-4146
DOI:10.5107/sccj.36.119