Calculation of Thermodynamic Parameters and Degree of Ionization of Nitrogen and Its Mixtures with Argon in Typical Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence Conditions

Abstract

The results of numerical simulation of the behavior of a system consisting of a spherical bubble filled with nitrogen or its mixtures with argon and surrounding water under external influence typical of experimental study of single-bubble sonoluminescence are presented. Comparison of the results of calculations and experiments shows that gas heated at the bubble compression stage cannot be regarded as the only source of radiation. This circumstance requires the presence of other, basic, sources. In the polarization model, this is the channel of electrical breakdown in a liquid. Possible electrical effects accompanying the liquid−solid phase transformation in water near the moment of the maximum compression of the bubble are assumed.