Aqueous suspensions of silicon dioxide porous nanoparticles (average size 10-30 nm, average pore size 5.8 nm) were obtained via ultrasonic dispersing. As was shown through recording SiO molecular lines in a moving single-bubble sonoluminescence spectrum, these nanoparticles penetrate into the bubble and then undergo decay. Similarly, suspensions of SiO2 nanoparticles, the pores of which were saturated with ruthenium dodecacarbonyl or elemental sulfur, were obtained by impregnation of the initial powder with solutions of these reagents in chloroform followed by evaporation of the solvent. Single-bubble sonoluminescence spectra of these suspensions contain more intense lines of Ru or S and Sn+ as compared with the SiO lines. This also proves the involvement of water insoluble ruthenium and sulfur compounds into bubble sonoluminescent reactions in the heterogenic aqueous medium. Using the method of comparing the experimentally obtained and computer simulated luminescent spectra, we determined the effective electronic temperature TeRu, which was 9000 ± 500 K, in non-equilibrium plasma of a bubble levitating in the ultrasonic field.
Keywords: Aqueous suspensions; Effective electronic temperature; Elemental sulfur; Ruthenium dodecacarbonyl; Silicon dioxide nanoparticles; Single-bubble sonoluminescence.
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